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o o o THURSDAY, JULY 6,1961 THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA, OREGON Breeders OSU Agricultural Economists Report- Hereford To Tour Idaho Farms Mixed Prices on Major Farm Products LOCAL STUDENTS GRADUATE FROM BOISE BEAUTY SCHOOL Sales of Fertilizer Up Over Last Year ATTEND FUNERAL SERVICES Mrs. Muri Burns and daughter, Miss Linda Moncur and Miss | Janice, left Friday evening by Joan Baker graduated June 26 A total of 51,817 tons of fer train for DuBois, Pa., to attend from Excelsis Beauty college in tilizer were sold in Oregon dur funeral services for her mother, Boise. Both are visiting this week ing the first quarter of 1961, ac j Mrs. Catherine Smith. Mrs. Smith with their parents, the Mark Mon cording to inspection fee repoits succumbed June 29 at Malheur curs and Mrs. Mamie Baker. to the State Department of Agri , Memorial hospital. Miss Moncur plans to return culture. This is an increase of next week to Boise where she has close to 7,000 tons more than was VISIT AT HAROLDSEN HOME employment and Miss Baker will j sold during the same period last Mrs. John Savage and daughter, attend BYU at Provo in the fall. | year. Debra of Covina, Calif., returned Sales of agricultural lime to- VISIT IN CHADWICK HOME ' taled 5,294 tons during January, Wednesday to their home after Mrs. Mary Oxford of Los An February and March of this year, visiting two weeks with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Har- geles is visiting at the home of as against 2,617 tons sold last oldsen. Mr. and Mrs. Elw.vn Har- Mr. and Mrs. Al Chadwick. Mrs. year. oldsen and daughter of Boise Oxford and Mrs. Chadwick were A much smaller increase was were weekend guests at the Har- schoolmates in Oklahoma. reported on sales of agricultural oldsen ' home. minerals with 6.486 tons sold, top Mrs. Angie Cook left Saturday ping 1960 sales for this period by Mrs. Minnie Bunch of Tulsa, for McKenzie Bridge, Ore., to vis only 884 tons. Okla., arrived last evening in it several days with her son, Mr. Nyssa to visit Mr. and Mrs. Ted and Mrs. Jim Cook and family. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Penrod at Brammer and her niece, Ruth tended the Henggeler - Bymoke Boydston who is a house guest of commercial, are invited to attend wedding Friday evening at New the Brammers. She is enroute and view the progress being made Plymouth. home from Tacoma, Wash., where by these Treasure Valley breed she had spent some time with a ers. Journal Classified* Get Results! daughter and family. Ten Hereford breeders will be visited on the annual Eastern Price prospects f for Oregon’sopnees are expected to set new Oregon Hereford Breeders asso _Price^ major farm products are mixed lows this fall when the bulk of ciation tour to be conducted Sat for the months ahead—field crops the crop hits the market. urday, July 15, according to averaging as good or better than Larger Fruit Crop« Forecast George Bain, secretary. a year ago but meat animal prices Elsewhere on the Oregon farm The tour this year will be in down slightly — report Oregon scene, larger crops than a year the Meridian, Caldwell, Nampa State university agricultural eco ago are forecast for both Bartlett area starting at 8:30 a.m. Stops nomists. and winter pears, sweet and sour will be at Foster’s Hereford ranch, Feed barley and com prices ap cherries and Italian prunes. The Eldon Ross, Al Wolfkiel, Wayne pear certain to be higher than peach crop is expected to run Naugle and Otto Wagner. Noon last fall, wheat about the same as slightly smaller than a year ago. lunch will be at Lakeview park last year, but oats and malting Production prospects for Ore in Nampa. barley probably will be slightly gon’s processing vegetable crops Afternoon visits will be at Dal lower. Hay prices will probably may top all previous records: snap Wliiffens, Wayne Naugles, Tom be lower than last fall and winter beans for processing 71 percent Shaws, Bill Woods and J. G. Roll due to a large carryover of old above the past 10 years’ average, & Sons. hay. sweet corn acreage 81 percent I Each year, Bain says, the tour Large supplies of red meat, rec above average and green peas 21 is conducted in a different area ord supplies of poultry meats and percent over average. in which members of the associa continued large imports are like Details of crop and livestock tion operate. Association mem ly to force prices during the sec prospects are reported in the cur bership is made up of eastern ond half of 1961 somewhat lower rent issue of “Oregon Farm and Oregon and western Idaho breed than a year earlier, say the eco Market Outlook” published by ers. nomists. OSU extension service. Oregon All cattlemen, purebred and Improvement in Price* Seen residents may obtain free copies Prospects are good for some im from county extension agents. provement in fed cattle prices by late summer or early fall after fjedlot inventories of weighty cattle are moved through mar kets. Hog markets probably have al ready seen the best prices of the Homemakers can treat them current year, the economists be lieve. Large supplies of poultry selves to a bonus of extra hours and an abundance of beef dim outdoors this spring and summer chances for a sustained recovery —at the rate of an estimated hour in pork prices, but no sharp de a week saved in proper launder ing of “wash and wear” shirts cline is seen for the near future. Pacific coast lamb markets are and blouses. Bernice Strawn, Oregon State sagging and any chance for price improvement is largely dependent university extension specialist, upon a decline in domestic lamb recommends laundering proced ures for these special wrinkle-re and mutton production. Poultrymen are hardest hit with sistant cottons. First rub collars and cuffs with 1961 likely to go down as one of the worst years ever experienced full strength liquid detergents, by broiler and turkey growers. liquid shampoo or a paste of soap Already broiler prices have drop and water. Treat grease spots ped to a record low in southern with dry cleaning fluid before states — about 10 cents a pound washing. A chlorine bleach will live weight in Georgia. Turkey “yellow” some treated cottons, so don’t use it unless recommended on the clothing label, advises the specialist. White “wash and wears” can be machine washed in hot water. Use warm water for colors. Al though they are often referred to as “miracle” fabrics, they won’t come clean with a few jiggles in Looking ahead to Jan. 1, when a wash basin, comments the spe several hundred Oregon crop dus cialist. To machine wash, load the ma ters and sprayers will be required to pass an examination on appli chine with about half the usual cation of pesticides, the state has load to avoid crowding and set a three-day short course for wrinkling the garments. Do not all custom applicators. This will allow clothes to go through the be held Dec. 13-15 on Oregon high speed spin unless the washer State university campus, announ has a “wash and wear” setting ces Ray Kelso of the state depart which cools the clothes before the spin begins. Rinse garments in ment of agriculture. A new law, effective Aug. 9, cool water. On standard model automatics, will require a state license of all custom applicators applying pes dials will need to be adjusted ticides of any kind — not only manually to get a cool rinse and chemical weed killers which have to prevent clothes from going Betty Crocker been under state control for some through the spin. If dried in a dryer, water can be spun out. If years. ANGEL FOOD Many of the herbicide applicat dried on a hanger the garment ors have stuck closely to these should be hung and buttoned chemicals and the same goes for while dripping wet. Smooth col custom applicators of insecticides, lar, seams and button band with fungicides and other materials. your fingers, says the specialist. When wash and wear garments The short course will bring con centrated dosages of information are dried in the dryer, they should and new developments which all be removed while slightly damp, applicators will need to know to hung at once on a non-staining pass the state examinations under hanger and wrinkles smoothed out. the new law, Kelso says. Clothes made from man-made Technical phases of the course are being developed by OSU and fibers such as nylon and dacron were reviewed at a meeting polyester and blends of these which SDA called in Salem re with cotton should be washed the cently with university and custom same way except warm instead of hot water should be used to applicator representatives. “Pesticide” is a broad term un reduce wrinkling. They should der the new law and includes any also be rinsed in cool water. material used against pests of any Avoid wringing, twisting and long kind, including insects, fungi, spinning. A touch - up with a weeds and rodents, which are det warm iron is needed for some I rimental to vegetation, man or wash and wears. animals. This is a short version Campbell's of the 70-word legal definition AUXILIARY OFFICERS SET SPECIAL FRIDAY MEETING of pesticide. A special meeting of Eagles Kelso also says the department will soon announce a series of auxiliary officers has been slated July .»examination meetings for at 8 p.m. July 7 at Eagles hall. those not currently licensed. All This session concerns functions of those licensed under the herbicide the auxiliary and all interested (weed killers) law may apply members are invited to attend. pesticides under that license until VISIT IN BAKER Jan. 1. Mr. and Mrs. James Nichols and Mr. and Mrs. George N. Bear family visited Saturday in Baker visited Sunday afternoon with with his brother-in-law and sis- Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Walburn. friends in Caldwell. Mr. and Mrs J E Wildman, Mrs. J. B. McKinney and sons, Pat and ienny, arrived Monday evening at the Earl Jennings home. They left Wednesday mor ning for Arnett, Okla., where they will visit their son and brother, Gilbert Wildman and family, oth er relatives and friends. Hie Wildmans are Mrs. Jennings’ par ents and Mrs. McKinney is her sister. GODFREY FAMILY VISITS Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Godfrey and Barton of La Grande arrived Sunday for a visit with her par ents, Mr and Mrs. Bob Thompson, and her brother, the Stan Thomp son family. They returned home Tuesday evening. VISIT FROM ALASKA Mr. and Mrs. Fred Poorman and daughters, Mickey and Dale of McGrath, Alaska, were Friday evening guests of their aunt, Mrs. Angie Cook and uncle, Bill Ly ells. Hints for Washing Wash-Wear Fabric Listed by Expert YOUNG, TENDER SELECT PRIME PORK! 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