Thursday, April 21,1977
Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon
Your County f=irsf National
r Bank Reports
Agent Says Increased
News of
Agriculture
Chownings Buy
Double! Herd
G.A. and Norman Ireland
of Double I Ranches. Ontario,
Ore., recently sold their
entire mature Polled Here
ford cow herd of 60-plus
cow-calf pairs, as well as two
herd bulls, to new breeders
Walt. Shirlee
and
Jeff
Chowning of Aspen Meadow
Farms, Ferndale, Wash.
The Irelands have been
breeding cattle for more than
30 years and the DIR prefix
can be found in the pedigree
of many outstanding Polled
Hereford* across the country.
The ranch has produced
numerous showring winners
in the West and Northwest
and one year accomplished
the rare feat of having
champions at the Pacific
International. Cow Palace,
Poll-O-Rama and Columbia
Empire.
Walt and Shirlee Chowning
with their son Jeff, estab
lished Aspen Meadow Farms
slightly more than a year ago
by converting an old dairy
and many acres of good
bottom land to a beef
operation. Their herd is now
one of the largest in the
northwest part of the state.
Idaho Installs
Drought
Information Line
A central phone and infor
mation coordinating office
has been established by the
Idaho Drought Committee,
Governor John V. Evans has
announced.
The office, known as the
Idaho Drought Center, is
located at 450 West Wash
ington Street in Boise. Its
telephone number is 376-
8448, which using the letters
on the telephone dial, spells
d-r-o-u-g-h-t.
The Drought Committee
chairman. C. Stephen Allred,
said the office "will assiat as
a relay station, giving better
service to the public and to
the news media for the
technical assistance avail
able .’*
Oregon Wheat
Acreage
Down 7%
Oregon's 1977 wheat crop
is placed a 1,272,000 acres. 7
percent below last year.
Winter wheat estimated ear
lier at 1,200,000 acres is 4
percent less than 1976. but 4
percent above 1975. Spring
wheat is estimated at 72.000
acre*. 40 percent below last
year. This early spring
survey, conducted by Ore-
gon's Crop and Livestock
Reporting Service, determi-
ned that Oregon farmers
were going to plant 44.000
acres of com. 8 percent less
than last year; 140.000 acres
of oats, 8 percent more than
1976; 190,000 acres of barley.
6 percent more than last
year; 10.500 acres of sugar
beets, 28 percent below 1976;
1,060,000 acres of hay. the
same as last year; and plant
58.500 acres of potatoes, 11
percent less than 1976.
Vale BLM Overhauls
Rangeland Drills
drills while parts are being
Rangeland drills, 104 of
specially manufactured for
them, and 21 drill carts were
them.
overhauled in the Vale
The drills have been
District, Bureau of Land
modified considerably since
Management shop
this
they were first developed in
winter * one of the highest
the mid 195O's by the U.S.
numbers in a single season
forest Service Equipment
since the first drill went
Development Center. Many
through the shop in the late
of these improvements have
195O*s. From that small
been developed in the Vale
beginning the maintenance
shop by Vale BLM employees
program has mushroomed
who work there and have
into a program involving five
resulted in less equipment
states and employing several
breakage and down time, an
men during the fall and
important aspect to those
winter months. The Vale
doing the seeding for the
District is now the central
government. Contractors are
repair depot for rangeland
thankful for the improvement
drills used by the BLM. Vale
of these sturdy pieces of
also repairs drills borrowed
machinery because they are
by BLM from other federal
financially responsible for
agencies such as the United
maintenance costs
from
States Forest Service, the
breakage that is determined
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser
to be other than normal wear
vice. the Soil Conservation
and tear.
Service and the BLM
in
Drills, which are manu
several western states.
factured in California, have
The rangeland drill is
gone as far eastward as
large, sturdily built piece of
Kentucky where they were
machinery resembling an
used for two years in a
agricultural grain drill but
coopertive research effort by
designed with flexible parts
that are structurally suited to the U.S. Forest Service to
rehabilitate
strip
mining
operate on rocky, rough and
brushy terrain without ex areas. The reclamation of
strip mining areas is be
cessive breakage.
The large drills are usually coming one of the major uses
trucked from several north of the drills.
From a field operation and
western states to the district
shop after field work is done repair viewpoint, the Vale
or inclement weather has District is the most ex
halted all fall rangeland perienced and knowledge
seeding operations. Once the able place in the world for
drills are in the shop they are information on rangeland
inspected for required main drills and rangeland rehabili
tenance and the necessary tation. The district has acted
parts ordered from com as host to people from as far
mercial suppliers throughout away as Wyoming. Colorado,
the country. At this time, Canada and some foreign
parts are becoming harder to countries who have come
get and sometimes a wait of seeking information on the
from four to six months has equipment. Canada alone has
delayed maintenance of the over a million acres which it
is considering reclaiming.
Jones Appointed to Committee
on
Water
Law Revision
Representative
Denny
Jones. District 60. has been
appointed Vice Chairman of a
Special Committee on Water
Law Revision by House
Speaker Phil Lang.
The new committee will
specifically study House Bill
3003. which is a proposed
revision of Oregon's water
laws.
Jones said. "This com
mittee will be an important
one, especially for Eastern
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The Silly Sewers
The Silly Sewers 4-H Club
met at the home of our
assistant leader, Mrs. Sam
Pollard. Jr., where we
worked some more on our
projects.
Our refreshments w-re
brought by Shelene Stephen
son and Andrea Wenke. the
refreshments were cookies
<nd Kool-aid.
Angie Sillonis. reporter
Pioneer
Ihin^li tern Meet
The Daughters of the Utah
Pioneers met at the home of
Ruth Brower on April 11. A
most interesting lesson "Pio
neer Markers in Oregon,’’
was given by Nell Bair •
Earnings
Earnings, loans and de
posits were all up at First
National Bank of Oregon in
quarterly figure* announced
by Robert F. Wallace, bank
chairman.
Income before securities
transactions was $4,969,000
or 94 cent* a share for the
quarter ended March 31,
1977, an increase of 8.8
percent over $4,566,000 or 86
cent* a »hare for the first
quarter of 1976.
Net income, after securi
ties transactions, was 15,-
003,000 or 94 cent* a share
for the first quarter of 1977, a
gain of 11 percent over
$4,506,000 or 85 cent* a
share for the first quarter of
1976.
Deposits on March 31,
1977 were $2,469,109,000, up
8.5 percent over $2,274,913,-
000, on March 31, 1976.
Loans outstanding on March
31. 1977 were $1,527.513,000
an increase of 11.3 percent
over $1,372,261,000 a year
previous.
The following is a report
for the quarter March 31,
1977 compared with 1976:
aShare earns $0.94; 1976 -
$0.86; Operating revenue -
53,594,000; 1976 • 49,973,-
000; Operating income •
4,969,000; 1976 - 4,566.000;
Securities
transactions -
34.000; 1976 - 60,000b; cNet
income - 5,003,000; 1976 •
4,506.000.
a ■ Based on income be
fore securities gains or
losses.
b • Loss
c ■ Equal to $0.94 a share
in 1977 and $0.85 in 1976.
TVCC Students
Attend
Conference
State Leadership Con
ference for Phi Beta Lambda
members across the state of
Oregon was held March 31,
April 1 and 2. TVCC mem
bers attending were Candy
Suiter. Willy Hansen. Ken
Arment, Diane Fenicottero.
Kathy Bass and Harriet
Lorensen.
Miss Lorensen placed third
in typing and Arment re
ceived a third place in
Business Law.
Miss Suiter and Hansen
were noted in Who’s Who in
Oregon PBL while Miss
Fenicottero and Miss Bass
also received recognition in
the events they participated
in.
Phi Beta Lambda is a
National Business Organiza
tion formed in colleges across
the United States. The State
Leadership Conference is
designed to promote com
petition among all students in
business aspects.
ann
Refreshments were served
by Mrs. Brower and Sue Orr.
MEMBERS OF THE ADRIAN JUNIOR High Garden Cub,
left to right. Mike Powell, Kiyoko Hori, Brenda Connell.
Linette Martin, and Donna Undorf were the final prize
winners in the recent competition contest of making toys out
of litter. This contest was sponsored by the ANK Garden
Club. They provided cash prizes and judges. The judges had a
difficult time trying to pick a winner as there were many good
entries. Due to the close competition there were ties in first
and third places.
Donna Undorf and Linette Martin tied for first prize;
Kiyoko Hori, second; and Brenda Connell and Mike Powell
tied for third place.
•
The winning items will be sent to the next level of this
contest and hopefully the club will be represented at the state
level competition in June.
Navy Airman Patina
News About
SERVICEMEN
Tim Meacham
Enters Air Force
Navy Airman Merced A.
Patino, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Margarito R. Patino of
P.O.Box 2675, Nyssa, Ore.,
participated in the U.S. Sixth
Fleet operation "National
Week XXII.’’
He is a crewmember
aboard the amphibious as
sault ship USS Guam, home-
ported in Norfolk, Va.
“National Week XXII**
was an eight-day exercise
involving more than 30 Sixth
Fleet ships, 18 aircraft
squadrons and a Marine
battalion landing team. The
exercise included simulated
combat operations, empha
sizing antisubmarine and air
defense, amphibious warfare
and logistics support ele
ments at sea. The exercise
took place in the Tyrrhenian
and Ionian Seas, near Sicily.
Additionally, the Guam
was a member of a special
U.S. Task Force which
traveled to Mombasa, Kenya
during November 1976, in
commemoration of the 13th
anniversary of Kenyan inde
pendence.
Patino and his fellow
shipmates have had the
opportunity to visit Egypt.
France, Italy and Spain
during the cruise.
He joined the Navy in
November 1974.
Tim Alan Mecham, son of
Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Me
cham, Rt. 2 Nyssa, enlisted
in the U.S. Air Force’s
Delayed Enlistment Pro
gram according to TSgt. Dick
Hall. Air Force recruiter in
Ontario.
Mr. Mecham, who is
presently attending Nyssa
High School, is scheduled for
enlistment in the Regular Air
Fore; on June 7th. Upon
graduation from the Air
Force's six-week basic train
ing course, he will receive
technical training in the
General area.
I
He will be earning credits
toward an Associate Degree
through the Community Col
lege of the Air Force while
attending basic and other Air
Force technical
training
schools.
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Nitrogen fertilization will
raise forage protein levels as
well as increase total produc
tion on predominantly grass
pastures. Adequately fer
tilized grass will make best
use of available moisture,
also. Pasture mixes contain
ing a high percentage of
grass should receive about
100 lbs. of nitrogen per acre
per year • more if they are
intensively managed. Split
applications of this nitrogen
will get the greatest benefit
for the producer, with 30 to
40 pounds nitrogen per acre
being applied in early spring
and the remainder applied in
30 to 40 pounds increments
about July I and August 1.
Nitrogen can be used to
prolong the grazing season
where water is available late
and economics justify.
Fall applications of 60-80
pounds of phosphorous per
acre are suggested for
pastures with high percen
tages of legumes. Nitrogen
applications on such stands
tend to stimulate the grass at
the expense of the legume
and the legumes make the
biggest contribution to yield.
Proper grazing manage
ment is important if maxi
mum production is to be
achieved. Allowing the for
age to reach a height of
8-12 inches before turning
in will make better utilization
of the fertilizer applied and
will help to maintain plant
vigor through the season.
Animal performance is
decreased if forage is so
immature when grazed as to
be "washy.’’
A pasture rotation system
which allows for 20 to 30 day»
between grazing periods will
maintain a good, vigorous
forage stand and produce
optimum meat and/or milk
yields. This type of system
allows for proper irrigation
when cattle are not present in
the pastures, also.
Where a full, rotational
grazing scheme cannot be
set up. simple cross-fencing
to confine grazing and allow
specific areas to make uni
form recovery will result in
less forage waste and in
creased production. Impro
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an area which could return
big dividends with minimal
cost in many operations.
Oregon, where our livelihood
depends almost entirely on
our water supply.**
According to Jones. "Ore
gon's water laws will play an
important role in the lives of
all Oregonians, especially if
the drought
conditions
continue.’*
•'One of my priorities will
be to retain the traditional
water rights system, rather
than to attempt to establish
new priorities." said Jones.
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