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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
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COLUMBIA
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By Lois Hutchison
FATTEN COCKERELS
FOR EARLY MARKET
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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
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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.
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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 —
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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.
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A campaign has been started in
Ireland to improve the quality of
the famous Irish potato.
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Twenty-five thousand chicks were
flown from Barneveld, Holland, to
London in less than 25 days.
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A serious problem of the poultry
Industry is the lack of proper feath
ering of broilers in many of the
heavy breeds.
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Australia’s wheat crop is expect-
| ed to be 163,000,000 bushels, or 12,- ¡1
000.000 bushels more than last sea
son.
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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.
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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
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A production record of 308 eggs
per bird in 51 weeks was established
by ten hens entered in a New York
egg laying contest,
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L ist your item s in th e H erald Classified
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Classified Ads Bring Results!
Much of the mortality that is com
mon to the average pen of chicks
comes during the first three weeks
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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.
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USE THEM!
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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.
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