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Malheur Sail ConrervaJion Annual
Meeting Slated at Vale sn Feb. 23
of resource conservation to the
agricultural economy of Malheur
county It emphasizes the ability
of the Malheur Soil Conservation
district to speed up the applica
tion of conservation measures on
the farms and ranches in Malheur
county, urging everyone, especi
ally farmers and ranchers, to at
tend this meeting.
Mr. Duncan will serve as chair
man for the meeting and advises
that a complete program has been
arranged, including entertain
ment, provided by Clinton Bel
lows, vocalist, Ontario, and the
Vale high school band under the
direction of Chester Potuzak
Guest Speaker
Guest speaker will be E R
Jackman, Oregon State college.
William Schroeder, Vale, mem
ber of the board of supervisors,
will report on district accomplish
ments during the year. Printed
district reports will be distributed
at the meeting
Mr. Townley, chairman of the
districts school conservation con
tests, will announce the winners
A supply of broadleaf tree seed of the conservation essay and jin
lings, suitable for planting in the gle contest. Winners will read
eastern part of the state, is now their successful entries.
available at the Oregon forest One district supervisor will be
nurse ry near Corvallis, according elected at the meeting represent
to Assistant State Forester Vance ing the Harper area. The term of
L. Morrison. The species include office for Lib Chastain expires
black locust, caragana, Chinese Feb. 23.
elm, Russian olive and Russian Finals of the district’s conserva
mulberry, Morrison stated.
tion speech contest will be con
“Orders must reach the state ducted at the meeting. Earl Jones
forester before the end of March,” is chairman of the contest and
the forester stated, "since it will will judge the entries.
be necessary to dig all trees by In addition to the cash prizes
that time in order to prepare the which will be awarded first three
winners in the contest, a plaque
ground for the next crop.
The orders for the various spe will be awarded to the school of
cies of conifers has far exceeded the winner at an assembly pro
that of any previous year, with j gram later in the year. The
the result that the supply wasj plaque, completely engraved, will
exhausted several months ago.! become the permanent posession
of the three time school winner.
Morrison stated
Ontario high school won the
CLASSIFIED FOR RESULTS plaque last year.
A larftL' turnout of Nyssa area
farmers is expected to attend the
fourth annual meeting at Vale of
the District Cooperators of the
Malheur Soil Conservation dis
trict.
Last minute plans for the meet
ing in Vale Elementary school are
nearly complete, according to
Ray Duncan, chairman of the
board of supervisors
Everyone interested is invited
to attend. The meeting will begin
at 11:30 a m. with a free lunch
girovided by Vale chamber of
commerce, Lions club and Vale
Junior chamber of commerce
•rives The home economics class
of Vale high school will serve the
lunch.
Important to County
The Malheur county court in
Its proclamation designating Feb.
23 as Malheur Consrvation Day
calls attention to the importance
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Nyssa. Oregon
TUE N Y fSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 21. 1957
YOUR
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Gale City Journal’s
Farm and Bam
News and Views
Range Bulls Bring New Sugar Beel
Student Discusses $384
Average
Vocational
At Ontario Sale Seed Plant
Agriculture Work
Set for Salem
Tingley said the new plant will
have annual capacity for 2,250,000
pounds of seed, enough to plant
130,000 acres and to produce some
700 million pounds of pure beet
sugar for domestic consumption
West Coast was organized in
1940 to assure a home-grown sup
ply of sugar beet seeds adapted
to growing conditions in the Unit
ed States. Until the early 1930's
all beet seed used in this country
was imported from Europe.
West Coast seed is grown un
der contract with local fanners
in the Willamette valley near
Medford and at Hemet and Teha-
chapi, Calif. Other beet seed pro
duction is at Phoenix, Ariz..
through the Western Seed Pro
duction Corporation and at St
George, Utah
Not only is commercial seed
produced through the Salem
plant, but plant-breeders’ stock-«
of experimental varieties are in
creased there. Small quantities of
newly-developed seed types are
sent to Salem where they are
planted in special plots and yield
on the average about 3,000 pounds
of seed for every 15 pounds plant
ed. V
By Lfertoy Pulliam
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Seventy-two range bulls aver
This week is National FFA
aged
$394.58 at the eighth annual
week. The following article aboi't
By Wayne Gifford
Oregon
Cattlemen’s Association Construction of a major new
FFA, written by E. P. Hilson, Di I am in my second year of vo Range Bull
sale held at the Fair sugar beet seed processing plant
rector of Agriculture Education in cational agriculture. My project Grounds in Ontario
Feb. 15 and 18 at Salem, Ore., to supply seed to
Kentucky, may be of interest:
is breeding swine. When I was according to Tom McElroy,
growers in Nyssa and other beet
The Future Farmers of Amer a freshman in vocational agricul sale committee chan man. bull growing areas was announced
ica organization is in its early ture, I had no project to start The champion bull, consigned this week by West Coast Beet
maturity. It has grown and de with, so I applied for a “chapter by Charles Chandler of Baker, Seed Co. of Salem.
veloped more rapidly than most chain’’ swine. I had my swine on Ore
purchased by John Col Amalgamated Sugar Co., Nyssa,
of us ever dreamed possible. It our acreage one mile north of lins , of was
Mitchell,
Ore. for $875. The with seven other sugar-producing
town.
Then
I
got
a
job
at
Adr
has glamourized vocational agri
firms is a part owner of the beet
reserve
champion,
consigned by seed
culture. Some people have been and I took my hog with me. She Herb Chandler of Baker,
company.
went
to
concerned with its popularity. A turned out to be a barron gilt. Stewart and Morrissey of Keat R J. Tingley, president of
few have intimated that the FFA So I sold the gilt a« a fat hog. and ing, Ore., for $570. All Hereford West Coast, said the $150,000
program should be curbed. Ra the Nyssa FFA chapter gave me bulls in the sale averaged $402 42 olant is scheduled for comple
ther than be c urbed, the FFA pro another chapter chain gilt She is
to $303 33 for the Short tion early in July, in time to han
gram needs to be developed, nur a Montana No. 1 hog She was compared
dle this year’s beet seed crop
horns.
tured and protected. It needs to bred the day before I got her.
grown
in Oregon. The seed is
Largest
Hereford
buyer
at
the
be used as an effective teaching She is about eleven months old sale was Theron Adcock of Ore- distributed
to growers for seven
device. Because of its popularity, ar.d has 12 pigs, 9 of which are ana. Ida., who bought six. C. L. American beet
sugar processing
attempts may be made to exploit gilt-, and 3 are boars. I took her Anawalt of Jordan Valley pur companies including
to the Malheur county fair this chased most of the Shorthorns, ted Sugar Company Amalgama
it.
in Oregon
year.
In her class she won a 1st taking three of the six consigned and a Michigan organization
The FFA is an integral part of
com
vocational agriculture. No depart place ribbon. When I took her
posed
of
farmers
and
processors.
ment of vocational agriculture is back to the ring to try for cham
Seed goes to farmers in about
complete without a functioning pion of her breed, she brought BREEDING STUDIED
FFA chapter. It motiv ates and vi me back the champion ribbon The USD A scientists are opti 14 states from Ohio to California.
talizes teaching and makes a sig Then we went back to try for mistic about the possibility of im
nificant contribution toward the grand champion over all breeds proving meat tenderness through
aims and objectives of vocational We got second place which gave selective livestock breeding, ac
agriculture.
us the reserve grand champion cording to research and experi
ments they have conducted. In
All this is done through chap ribbon.
ter activities selected, planned their advancement in farming studies with rabbits and a lesser
extent with beef cattle, they
and carried out by the members
found that rabbits had a herita-
of the chapter under the direc and farm leadership.
Loca’ed 2 1 2 miles south of the Parma-Nyssa junction
tion and supervision of the teach Roy Chapin, Perrydale. presi bility factor of about 53 percent
or
3 1 2 m iles north of Parma or 4*/2 m iles southeast of
and
beef
cattle
about
41
percent.
er of vocational agriculture. The dent of Oregon FFA, got his start
Nyssa, beginning at 12:00 o'clock, on—
building of a chapter program of farming with a *£-acre garden
activities should be an annual af and two hives of bees on the fam URBANITES LIKE MILK
fair. Many activities may be con ily P-j-acre lot. As a freshman Michigan State University con
tinued from year to year; some
a survey and found that
won the chapter “speak-off’ ducted
will be dropped after careful he
the
majority
of city people drink
and came second in the sectional
evaluation and others added “speak-off.”
milk because they like it. Other
52 — HEAD HIGH QUALITY
Then
he
came
back
when need arises. The number in succeeding years to win fifth, reasons were its high food value,1
HOLSTEIN CATTLE — 52
and type of activities to be car second and then first in the state importance in restoring health,
ried out by a chapter should be public speaking contest.
and the fact that there were chil This herd has been built up over a period of 32 years,
determined by the need for ac “I think it was the public. dren.in the home.
having originated in M innesota using Carnation breed-
tivities to help in the teaching of speaking which made me realize
in, for the past 5 years using Bluffview Artificial Insem
agriculture, including training in that with a little hard work and OREGON TRAIL CLUB
ination. A very well-bred herd with the best blood lines
leadership, cooperation and citi determination the opportunities j MEETS WEDNESDAY
Tractor — Machinery — M iscellaneous
zenship The program should be in FFA work were really unlim- j A meeting of the Oregon Trail
broad enough to offer every ited. So I decided to better my sewing club was held last Wed
member of the chapter an oppor- farming program,” says Roy.
nesday with Carolyn Nakashima
tunity to participate. The follow First he bought three weaned leading the flag ceremony.
ing questions should be consider pigs. They were ready for mark Nancy Hill gave a demonstra
Auctioneers—Col. Ellis White, Ontario 687.
ed in selecting an FFA activity et at 5 months, so he took them tion of different types of hems
Col- Fred HowelL Nyssa 5093.
A. Will the activity be an aid to the county fair. One hog took and Daren Smith demonstrated
Clerk—L.
F.
Mesler,
Nampa 6-4955.
in teaching?
a purple ribbon and went on to thimbles.
B. Will it take more time than become grand champion barrow i
can be justified?
in the FFA division at Oregon
10 REYN O LDS ALUMINUM*
C. Will enough members be in state fair. This just whetted Roy’s j
volved to justify the activity?
interest in farming more, so he :
PREFA B H O USES . . .
D. Will the activity, as carried boosted his hog project to three
out, appeal to the boys?
registered Berkshire sows. As a
The teacher of vocational agri junior he rented 30 acres of land
culture has the responsibility for to raise grain for his hogs and
the FFA. It is a part of his pro rented additional barn space for
gram. He should use the FFA to the enlarged hog project.
secure good farming programs His record has earned him the
and to advance boys in farming state farmer degree and the presi
Certainly the teacher is respon dency of the Oregon FFA. He’s
sible for helping the boys select one of the six top FFA public
activities that will lead toward speakers in the United States.
HOLSTEIN DAIRY and
MACHINERY SALE
Friday, February 22, 1957
ANGELO MAROSTICA, Owner
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MYSTERY FARM CONTEST
WIN THIS 1000-HEN CAGE HOUSE
in P u r i n a s S u p e r S t a rt e n a S w e e p s t a k e s
Store, or hand it to our Checkerboard Service
Man. Limit, one entry per adult over 21.
EACH WITH
10 houses .. * 1000 cages
... 1000 top-bred pullets
Given A w a y . .. F R E E
THESE ARE THE RULES:
1. Y our D ealer w ill m ail your entry to
Purina, where a drawing for the 10 winners
will be made by Don M. Turnbull, Executive
Secretary of the American Poultry and Hatch
ery Federation.
2. Contest is open to all folks in Continental
United States who plan to start chicks, except
employees of feed manufacturers and dealers
and their families.
3. Contest ends and all entries must be in
your Purina Dealer’s hands by close of busi
ness on Saturday, March 16. Subject to federal,
state, and local regulations.
Think of the fun and pro6t you’ll have if you
win! W inners will be notified by wire, and
the list will be posted at your I)ealer’s. Cut
out your entry blank right now and turn it
in real soon.
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It’s a FREE D R A W ISG for everybody who
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