Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current, March 06, 1985, Image 13

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Newspaper Page Textsprci. I f a r m Budworm causes severe defoliation in Co. B> I h r l l l l H . d S S T A T F F U R F S T R Y I I M 'T The Fossil Unit administers Ore ({on State Forestry Department l»ro Crams in Morrow Gilliam , and Wheeler Counties These programs include Protection From Fire lY o lection From Insect and Disease. State laind Management Service Forestry. Cooperative Programs. and Forest Practices last fire season got off to a slow start with a wet spring Seasonal firefighting crews were not hired until July 2nd due to the wet conditions Once conditions started to dry. fire danger increased quick |y We experienced twelve days of extreme fire danger Action was taken on 3ft fires last season, 26 fires on State Protected l.and and 12 fires where assistance was provided to the L S Forest Service A total of about 4H acres burned on private land Action was taken on a 1780 acre fire outside the Protection District near Service I reek to stop that fire from reaching protected forest land Private land owners and the HI.M assisted in that effort In addition to these fires, crews were dispatched to about 33 other reported fires that were either not found, or were determined to he outside the Protection District All but six of the fires were caused by lightning 1464 was a fairly busy fire season Our average fire load is about 33 fires per year The areas sprayed for Western Spruce Budworm Control during 1463 showed very little damage during 1464 Those portions of Mor row County not sprayed in I4K3 continue to show severe defoliation from the insection Because of anti nputed increased costs, and lower projected values for timber usisf by the t S K.iri'M Scr\ice the I S Forest Service decided that a con trol project for Western Spruce Budworm would not be cost effec live in 1464 Therefore, no control action was taken for the pest A great deal of work is being accomplished through the Service Forestry l*rogram Site IV timber land in Kaslern Oregon became eligible for cost sharing under the Forestry Incentive Program F IP i for precommercial thinning Up to 110.000 00 can be rescued by a landowner annually to accomplish thinning on qualifying timberland under F IP This translates to a maxim um of about 130 acres of thinning possible per year In ad dition. cast sharing is still available under the Agricultural Conservation Program (ACT' to accomplish thin ning and tree planting Over 1200 acres of precommercial thinning and 20 acres of tree planting were accomplished during 1464 The Forest Practices Act is ad ministered on private land in Mor row. Gilliam , and Wheeler Counties by the Fossil Unit Com m ercial logging operations are inspected to ensure that they are conducted in a responsible manner consistant with the law Inspections are also made to make sure fire prevention re quiremenls are being met during fire season We look lorward to the continued cooperation of the people of Morrow County and the Morrow S W C D Section Wednesday. M arch i I4S.V I III Virus disease of wheat studied in Morrow County Hv H lI H l IIS T A Oregon Slate University Kxtrn sion agents and researchers are studying a serious wheat disease in Morrow County Winter wheat planted in early "September provides greater protec tion from wind and w a trr erosion and has a higher yield potential than later fall seeding. But watch out. early seeded wheat can also get riddled with barley yellow dwarf virus B A D V l, a serious disease that can substantially cut virld B Y D V is a virus disease that infects most cereal crops and a long list of other grasses The virus ran only enter crop plants when disease carrying ajdiids ( ism I on them Wheat or turley planted in the early fall or late spring are most vulner able to the disease because that's when aphids are most abundant and active Irrigation development in the region has increaseil ajihid numbers by providing green host plants virtually every month of the year B Y D V was responsible for serious yield looses in manv M orrow County wheat fields in the 1464 crop Inset ti rides offer a possible solution to the B Y D V problem by controlling the disease carrying aphids The OKI' (extension Service has established two research trials in Oregon to study B Y D V One trial is at (he llyslop Field l-aboratory in Curvai lis and the second trial is in a wheat field at the K n c Anderson farm in lone (extension agents in M orrow County are cooperating with Kuvs K a ro w . extension C ere al C ro p Specialist and Glenn Fisher Kxten sion Kntrornologisl in studying the effect of various insecticide treat menlx on B Y D V at the field Ina l on the Anderson farm Four different mscciticides and four different application methods are bring evaluated fa B Y D V con trol Application treatments include insecticides placet! near the seed al planting broadcast on the soil sur face at planting and sprayed on month old plant A new group of foliar applied, synthetic pyrethroid insecticides are included in the project because they have shown promising results in research work in Washington T'he Uillom line will ta- whether or not insecticide treatments can re duce B Y D V and inciraae yields enough to cover application costs and return some profit to growers Fffectlve and profitable control oi BADA with early si-edlmgs will also help save valuable topsoil Ranchers fight back against knapweed By ST t \ I t W I»*»U I I For the first lime in several years, a coordinated program of knapweed control was initiated in Morrow County Bob Van SChoiack a live stock producer in southwestern Mor row County, approached the ex ten sum office in January seeking assist ance in organizing •» group of land owners to begin knapweed control efforts in southwestern Morrow Count> As a result of this initial meeting the agent contacted the Agricultural Kconomu s specialist ,«i Oregon .State University to obtain information for forming a working group This information was then transmitted to all of the mvolv«*d landowners and an organisational meeting was held Kighteen landowners and (our public agencies agreed to cooperate in appi) mg herbicides on I *oo acres of knapweed infestisi land \ five member working committee was elected b\ the cooperators ami met several times with the extension agent to ftnall/e the application process The extension agent obtain **d anv necessary information from Oregon Slate University and provo! ed if io the members of the commit tee Maps were prepared and each grower outlined the extent of his infestation and returned the charts to the extension office A helicopter was hired to appi) the herbicide Kach landow ner flagged the areas to he treated and arrangisi to tie M orrow C ouniy A B s iR A C i & Tint Co I nc For Complete title & Escrow Service M ORROW C O U N TY ABSTRACT & TITLE CO., INC. HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE REGARDING LAND AND LAND OWNERSHIP. SINCE GETTING A CLEAR TITLE TO PROPERTY CAN BE COMPLICATED, GO TO THEIR OFFICES AT 269 North Main in Heppner or in Boardman at Landmark Square, Mondays & Wednesdays, by appointment. You’ll be glad you did. Happnar 6 7 6 - 9 9 7 2 Boardman 4 0 7 - 9 2 6 7 available to direct the applicator The extension agent coordinated the timing of application made the h e r b i c i d e r e c o m m e n d .it io n s scheduled the applicator and sir ranged deliver) of the chemicals Once a date was set and ever) thing was organized the only con cern was the weather Onthedav the application was to begin it w.is clear and wind) Th e wind died down at noon and the ptogram was underway Two d.ivs and I Mb ai res later the application part ot he project was completed The extension agent evaluated the effectiveness of the program three weeks following application and again a month later In general there was *m percent to loo percent kill of the existing knapweed plants with good residual kill for three to six weeks Bain in bite May and earl) June started a new crop of seedlings most of which did not reach m a tu ri!) and produce seeds Overall, the treated areas had a substantial reduction in the number of mature pbints and an increase in grass priMluetion when compart'd to areas not treated This type of program is a good tiegmning to a longer term program that will ho|M‘full) lead to an effec live control effort for diffuse knap weed in many parts of Morrow County This effort would have tieen impossible without the cooperation of many individuals and agencies working together as a team Hie extension service is proud It» I*' associated with the many people that maile this program a success Ax an education arm of Oregon Stale University, the extension service provides the information to help solve local problems However much of the real work is done hy those who benefit the most from the informafnm. in this case the land owners in southwestern Morrow County and adjacent areas of till ham Countv