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- age six THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON. OREGON. STATE FAIR TO FEATURE BUCKING Cowboys rode th e eastern Oregon ran g e n ear B urns th is week ro u n d ing up 200 head ot wild horses for use in the bucking contest w hich w ill be one of th e en te rta in m e n t featu res of th e Oregon sta te fa ir to be held a t Salem, Septem ber 5 to 11. The h o rses1 were rounded up by Bob H ughet and Jo h n K irk of B urns according to Leo G. S pitzbart, m an a g e r of th e fair. Two carloads of th e "o rn erie st broncs” will be picked out for use a t the fair. They w ill be loaded a t Bend and shipped to Salem about 10 days before th e fa ir opens on Labor Day. The bucking contest will get aw ay from the usual cut-and-dried rodeo perform ance, Mr. S pitzbart epiphasizes, and w ill give spectators at the evening horse shows some real th rills. The buckaroos will be eastern Oregon cow hands, not pro fessional rodeo perform ers. Only Oregon horses and cowmen will be in th e contest. The horses will come rig h t off the bunch grass GOODYEAR It's got tho stuii. . , ont look will con v in c e you th a t there's plenty ol mileage built into the tough, husky c e n te r - tr a c tio n tread. Plies are oi blowout-protecting Supertw ist Cord. Prices are LOW lor such H IG H quality. 5.00-1» $1O55 5.25-17 $1110 GOODYEAR G-S GOODYEAR SPEEDWAY ALL-WEATHER A whale ci an The la rg e it ••!!« log. finest tire in the world. Be sure to see it. economy buy — w ith life tim e guarantee. (I UW St S,>85 REPLACE OLD PLUGS WITH N EW D3SJBLE E'.GS-E SPARK PLUGS New one-piece con- saves on gas and oil, gives more mileage with less drain on battery. f ? ruction S 5 C EACH PEARSON SERVICE Hermiston, Oregon and w ill be in top condition. A sissting H ughet an d K irk in the arran g e m en ts for th e bucking con test are G ilbert H arris, of th e T hree Springs ran ch a t P rin ev ille, and V. L. O stran d er of Salem. H u g h et is ow ner of th e famous Double O ranch of Bill H andley. F arm ic s * * * ♦ COLUMBIA * * * * * * By Lois Hutchison FATTEN COCKERELS FOR EARLY MARKET ♦ Support for the proposed project to establish a governm ent p la n t for the m a n u factu re of ch lo rates a t Bonneville u sin g su rp lu s pow er was promised by R ep resen tativ e W alter M. Pierce recen tly , a t a special weed m eeting held in B aker county. W ith m any valuable fields having to be abandoned because of the in roads of p eren n ial weeds such as w hite-top, such a project would be a real soil conservation m easure, it was pointed o u t. Some have e sti m ated th a t ch lo rates could be sup plied farm ers a t around 2% cen ts a pound if produced in th is m anner. O rganization of a state-w ide seed grow ers’ association, possibly form ed as a cooperative m a rk e tin g body, is u n d er consid eratio n by rep resen ta tiv e s of th e in d u stry from nine counties who m et recen tly in Salem a t th e call of M orton Tom pkins, ch airm an of th e a g ric u ltu ra l com m ittee of th e Oregon sta te grange. W o rk in g on d efin ite o rg an izatio n procedure in co n su lta tio n w ith m ar k etin g an d crop sp ecialists of Ore gon S tate college, is a com m ittee of 18 w hich was appointed a t th e pre lim in ary m eeting. H. E. W oods of M cM innville is ch a irm an of th is com m ittee and A. G. DuBois of Clackam as county is secretary . The next m eeting of thfe com m ittee has been called for A ugust 25, in Salem. W ith Oregon becom ing one of th e m ajor seed producing sta te s in the U nited S tates, a d efin ite need has developed for more unified m anage m ent of the m a rk e tin g phases of the in d u stry , it was b ro u g h t o u t at> the p relim in ary m eeting. Among th e p resen t needs listed w ere th e sta b ilizin g of d istrib u tio n of seed from y ear to year to so u th ern cotton grow ers who look to Oregon for seed for th e ir cover crops and o th e r soil b u ild in g crops: sta n d a rd ization of g rades to m eet th e com p etitio n of im ported seed; avenues for d irect d ealin g w ith cooperative grow er o rg an izatio n s in so u th ern sta te s and organized m ethods for ca rry in g over seed from one season to th e n ex t w hich may be h arv estted too late for use th a t season in the south. No state-w id e seed o rg an izatio n is now fu n ctio n in g , alth o u g h several successful d istric t groups have been form ed, some of w hich have express ed in te re st in a state-w id e federa tion. R epresented a t th e p relim in ary m eeting in Salem w ere grow ers from C lackam as, M arion, Polk, Ben ton. L inn, D eschutes, Y am hill and W ashington counties. L argely by m eans of new crops and production m ethods introduced by th e experi m ent sta tio n and extension service, th e seed in d u stry in Oregon has grow n to ap p ro x im ately a 4% m il lion dollar e n terp rise an n u ally . Mrs. Jo E llen S m ith m otored to Poultryman Notes Ages for th e m o u n tain s T uesday w ith Mr. Economy and Quality. and Mrs. G raybeal of U m atilla. W ord was received th a t Mrs. B y J . C. T a y lo r. Associate E xten sion Poul- try m a n . N ew Jersey College of D uane L ath ro p , who broke her htip A g ric u ltu re .— W N U S ervice. When is the best time to fatten o v er.th re e m onths ago, w ill have the cast removed A ugust 25. She hopes cockerels to m arket direct to butch to re tu rn home some tim e later. She e r shops, hotels and homes? The answer is: For most economical is in th e H erm iston G eneral hos gains in weight, fatten them at eight pital. weeks of age. For best quality meat, In discussing weed k illin g chem i Mrs. W. Rood and ch ild ren were fatten them between the ages of 12 cals, a u th o rs of a recent b u lletin on and 20 weeks. In Pendleton S aturday. perennial weed control in Oregon The United States Department of point o ut th a t sodium chlorate Miss L ucille W eeks is visitin g Miss M arg aret F ren ch in Pendleton Agriculture found that when cock comes th e n earest to being an ideal erels were fattened for two weeks th is week. beginning at the age of eight weeks, weed k illin g chem ical am ong those Mrs. A lbert Hasse, d a u g h te r of they gained about 48 per cent in now in g eneral use. O ther form s of Mrs. D uane L ath ro p , is lim proving weight, compared with a weight chlorate are on th e m ark et b u t are a fte r an illness. She is in th e H er gain of about 18 per cent in a two- not so effective as sodium chlorate. week fattening period beginning at m iston G eneral hospital. U nder m ost conditions, th e chlo Mr. and Mrs. N eilson and sons of I 20 weeks of age. Between the ages o _. . . . „ . of 12 and 20 weeks, the older the rates w ill positively kill the weeds Pendleton spent Sunday J w ith Mr cockerels , , were when fattened the if enough of the chem ical is applied. and Mrs. Rood. less efficiently they were able to put At first it w as th o u g h t th a t the E lm er D ixson’s g ran d m o th er and on extra weight. For each pound of p lan ts w ere killed only as a resu lt his fa th e r are v isitin g from P o rt gain during fattening, the eight- of th e absorption of the m a terial by week-old cockerels required about Angeles, Wn. the leaves, b ut for th e past eight Mr. and Mrs. H arry Olson were four pounds of feed, the 12-week- years or more it has been know n old ones about four and one-half Sunday v isito rs a t th e H. A. H ooker pounds, and the 20-week-old ones th a t most of th e k illin g was due to home. about six pounds. The 12 and 20- contact of th e ch lo rate w ith the George Stevens of Alam otle, Calif, week-old cockerels had the advan roots of the p lant. Since th is Is the visited F rid ay w ith W. H. N ebergall. tage of a larger proportion of choice case, any condition w hich prevents E v erett S haver and son Ted is in breast and leg meat. The younger contact w ith th e roots w ill prevent cockerels had a smaller proportion th e m o u n tain s near Baker. of choice m eat after fattening, as success of th e m ethod. Joy Em erson of A rlin g to n is vis well as before. Cockerels of all ages Places w here it does not work itin g a t his home for a m onth. put most of their additional fat into sa tisfac to rily include steep slopes Mr. and Mrs. H ugh Neill of W es edible portions other than leg and w here w ate r w ashes th e chem ical ton, form erly of H erm iston, a re vis breast m eat. Only a small part of down th e h ill, gravelly sub-soils the additional fat went into the w here th e chem ical is soon washed itin g a t th e L. H am m er home. Mr. an d Mrs. C harles Dixon and breast meat. The proportion going aw ay, overflow and swam py loca sons of M ilto n -F reew ater visited L. into tlie thighs and the ’‘drum tions, peat soils or stack bottom s sticks” also was small. W. Dixon and E. F. Dixon over the Cockerels used in the tests were w ith excessive organic m atter, areas week end. obtained by crossing White Leghorn w ith a flu c tu a tin g high w ater table, Mr. and Mrs. C harles Lynch of males with females from a cross and soils w ith such hard surfaces Cloverdale, Ore., w ere d in n e r guests of Barred Plymouth Rock males th a t they resist p en etratio n . T h ursd ay a t th e P. H. C orm an home. and Rhode Island Red females. N um erous fin d in g s th a t m ake the Mrs. Sheets is employed a t the use of ch lo rates in weed control Wm. B arber home fo r a few days. Herds of “Super-Cows,” more effective are listed In th e new Mrs. L. W. Dixson retu rn ed from b u lletin , as well as precau tio n s nec New Government Program Alleganey, Ore., T hursday. If the bureau of dairy industry essary to safe use of chlorates. The G loria H am m er was a guest of fire hazard w ith th is type of chem i h er cousin M arian Jones In P en d le reaches one of its objectives, the United States presently will have cal Is p a rtic u la rly im p o rtan t unless ton last week. half a million “ super-cows.” With most rigid precau tio n s are observed. G. D anielson of A rlin g to n spent the help of federal funds earm arked Extension b u lletin 510, "C ontrol of the week end a t th e Shaver home. for this purpose, and with the co P eren n ial W eeds in Oregon” , may Ample Water Helps Ewes, Lambs. Mr. and Mrs. H um ell of Pendleton operation of state and local dairy be had free a t extension offices. LA KEV IEW — C ram pton B rothers, the bureau has visited at th e W. II. N ebergall home organizations, launched a project to breed 30,000 Sunday. Mrs. C arl H am m er en tertain ed herds of superior cattle. As the essential part of the program, it is Sunday aftern o o n a t a b irth d a y hoped to obtain for each farm er in party honoring her d a u g h te r Carrol terested a proved sire, or the son on her th ird b irth d ay . Those pres of a proved sire, for his herd. ent were D onlta Dixson, Dorene Approximately 30,000 dairy farm Cable, K ayella R ohrm an, K athleen ers are now co-operating in the pro Kelley, M arlene M etteer, M arilyn gram. Particular emphasis is Shaver, C harles R ohrm an, Dickie placed on securing accurate birth Boynton, G loria, Viola, Louise, Ros records. Herds involved, located in nearly every state, will be known alie, Dick and Ted H am m er. as “ pilot” herds, setting a stand Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Liebe and ard course which the owners of oth fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. A ndrew Ko- er herds may eventually emulate. w itz and fam ily, and Betty More The Department of Agriculture house spent Sunday in th e m oun has recently published a pamphlet entitled “ List of Sires Proved in tain s near Meacham. Mr. and Mrs. Clark Cable of Pilot Dairy Herd Improvement Associa tions.” Though the names of the Rock w ere Sunday g u ests of Mr. and owners of the listed sires are omit Mrs. A1 Cable In Colum bia d istric t. ted, a farm er interested can get L ester C olpltts of Pendleton spent the information from the agricul the week end at th e J. H. H yland tural college in his state, where the records are on file. The publication home. Bob T rum ble, who has been em contains the names of nearly 1,600 ployed at th e Casedy farm , left S a t proved sires. urday for P o rtland. Of Interest to Farmers Ulu Mae l ’ord was an over n ig h t guest of Beulah Rylanri Sunday. Dirty eggs that are washed do not Jim and E arl S tu a rt are employed keep well when stored. • * • at the J. II. Hyland home d u rin g th e w aterm elon season. Out of every hundred dollars the W here Seventh W o rld ’s Poultry Congress A ctivities W ill Center FOR EYE COMFORT AND SIGHT CONSERVATION Come to Pendleton for Your Optical Needs! Eyes Examined by Modem Methods. Glasses Ground to F it When Needed. — REASONABLE PRICES — DR. DALE ROTHWELL OPTOMETRIST OVER WOOLWORTHS Pendleton, Ore. Phone 535-J 60U ROOMS • STNSIBlf RATES You have something to sell -W e can fu rn is h the custom er contact. typical New York farm er spends for operating expenses, thirty dollars goes for feed. • • • A campaign has been started in Ireland to improve the quality of the famous Irish potato. • • * • • * Twenty-five thousand chicks were flown from Barneveld, Holland, to London in less than 25 days. • • • A serious problem of the poultry Industry is the lack of proper feath ering of broilers in many of the heavy breeds. • • ♦ Australia’s wheat crop is expect- | ed to be 163,000,000 bushels, or 12,- ¡1 000.000 bushels more than last sea son. • From July 28 to August 7, 1039, Cleveland's mammoth Public Audi torium will become the Hall of Meetings for the Seventh World’s Poul try Congress and Exposition. At the center of the great group of build ings that will house the world's largest industrial exposition, this huge hall will accommodate the scientific and sectional meetings of the World's Poultry Science Association. These meetings, at which English, French, Spanish and German will be the official languages, will attract poultry scientists from every corner of the world. Here, too, official delegations from at least sixty overseas nations will have their headquarters. Here will be a continuous and interlocking schedule of meetings dealing with every phase of the poultry industry—meetings for the poultry raiser, deal ing with poultry culture and marketing, meetings for the processor, the handler and marketer of poultry products—and meetings for the consumer with demonstrations illustrating new and economical ways of preparing p° ...r 7 ior coniun»P’'on- For a busy eleven days thia Hall of Meetings will be the center of interest for a host of a half million or more poultry folk and the “Mecca” toward which worldwide poultrydom will turn its By securing a membership ticket for $1.00 the public may attend for a days with ao additional expeoac. wool grow ers of F o rt Rock, who find th a t th e ir lam bs t^ke on g re a t er w eight w ith less dam age to the ran g e w hen supplied w ith am ple d rin k in g w ater, have com pleted th e co n stru ctio n of a concrete ciste rn at th e ir sum m er ran g e h e a d q u arte rs a t Cook well, rep o rts County A gent Vic Johnson. T h e new sto rag e rese r voir has a capacity of 40,000 g al lons. C ram pton B ro th ers h au l w a te r to th e ir ewes and lam bs on th e ran g e by use ot a tru c k m ounted w ith a 435 gallon tan k . E leven g al vanized iron tro u g h s w ith a capaci ty of 900 gallons are used. T h e deep well a t th e Cook place is ab o u t 412 feet deep and th e w ate r is pumped w ith a 2 horsepow er gaso lin e en gine. Classified Ads! Someone has figured that 50,000 eggs are laid every minute of the production part of the day. K CHEMICAL CONTROL SEED GROWERS1 OF WEEDS OFFERED CO-OP PLANNED THURSDAY, AUCUST IS, 1938. • • colum n which is scanned by m any re a d e rs every w eek who are prospective buyers. The Cost is SMALL . . the Result CERTAIN • A production record of 308 eggs per bird in 51 weeks was established by ten hens entered in a New York egg laying contest, • L ist your item s in th e H erald Classified • Classified Ads Bring Results! Much of the mortality that is com mon to the average pen of chicks comes during the first three weeks • • • Grass alone is not enough for high producing cows. Without supple mental grain they will drop in pro duction, or lose body weight, or both. • • USE THEM! • Feed and sunshine are so Impor. tant to egg production that on many up-to-date poultry farms, hens get cod liver oil as regularly as if they '‘ were children. r
