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A recent issue of “Foreign Ag-
Second, you must study the
Here’s a Christmas gift- sug
riculture
a publication of t h e poisonous varieties until you know gestion that should warm the heart
United States Department of Ag- them as well as you know the dif of your mailman and your county
riculture, points out some inter ference berween an apple and a agent too. How about giving the
esting things about some of the tomato. There are 3,000 different old man a can of black paint and
Clackamas County turkey crop, ac varieties of mushrooms and many
a stencilforChristmas?Alongwith
cording to Clayton Wills, county of them to the novice look ex the
paint and stencil you might
agent.
actly the same, so to know them include a copy of the rules and
According to this publication, in and their characteristics well is regulations concerning the place
1962 fifty foreign countries imperative.
ment and marking of mailboxes.
bought turkeys from the United
Third, study your field guide un
When looking for an address out
States compared to only four, ten til you can easily recognize va in the country, it is a pleasure
years ago. The leading Importer of
rieties of mushrooms that the nov to find a clearly marked mail
our turkeys is West Germany,
ice collector should nothaveprob- box. The vast majority are poor
which during 1962-63 imported
lems in collecting, and make ly marked or are not marked at
19,000,000 pounds of our some 30,-
sure that you never collect more all.
000,000 pounds exported. Since
than one type or variety of mush
Read the other day when an en
the advent of the E.E.C., or Com
room at any one time because if terprising old gentleman some
mon Market, poultry has had a
you do get poisoned, the doctor place made a little cash for him
tough time getting into Western
must know just what variety you self by painting mail boxes around
Europe.
have been eating.
the county. Two dollars a box for
However, turkeys are not sub
Now, if you are still interested a fresh paint job, plus name and
ject m “supplemental” levies that
in collecting mushrooms-.ftne. It address in two-inch block letters.
are applied to broilers. Since
is a fascinating hobby and inter How about it, anybody need a
there are few turkeys grown in
esting science.
little Christmas money?
Europe, other than in England and
Some of the older fellows around
Ireland, this creates a very good
here tell about the county agent
demand for ’J. S. turkeys.
“A man’s home is his castle,” who left early one morning look
The second largest importer
ing for an address out In the Dov
according to the age-old saying.
of turkeys during the past year
It might also be his funeral pyre er area. Hasn’t been heard from
was the Netherlands, accounting
if he is earless with fire. As we since. Just think, a little time on
for some 3,000,000 pounds. Can
approach the fall and winter sea the part of a few residents and
ada ranked third as a market for
sons, the need for fire safeguards ten cents worth of paint and this
our birds, taking about 1,700,000
becomes
most Important, reports agent might still be around.
pounds.
county agent Clayton Wills.
However, in the mid-1950’s,
Do you have your Christmas
What can be done to make the
Canada was taking from 11,000,-
home a safer place in regard to tree picked out yet? A word of
000 to 12,000,000 pounds annually.
fire? Extension Forester Charles warning before you cut it. There
This, of course, reflects the tre
Ross provides the fol'owing sug is no such thing as a tree free
mendous growth of the turkey in
gestions to maintain a fire-free for the cutting any place, anytime,
dustry In Canada, our neighbor
without permission unless you cut
home.
to the north.
To begin with, a family should it from your own land. They al'
The fourth ranking market for
practice fire drills in the home and belong to someone. A little fir tree
our turkey crop is the Bermuda-
have a definite plan for escape in out in the middle of the forest
Caribbean area, which took 1,-
case of fire. We often read of is no different from a shrub in
300,OdO pounds. Other important
families that were killed in their someone’s front yard.
Importers of our product are It
There are several Oregon laws
home because they were unable
aly, Switzerland, Hong Kong, and
to find an exit. This would not designed to prevent Christmas
Austria.
happen if a practice had been tree thefts. First of all, you must
These areas are all important
conducted so that each member have a bill of sale for any tree
from the tourist angle and turkey
of the family knew how to leave in your possession, or be able
seems to find a ready market In
each room safely.
to tell exactly where you got It.
their restaurant and hotel trade.
A very good point to remember Should you cut a tree from a
With the advent of refrigeration
in a training program is the rule friend’s place, it would be wise to
and supermarket outlets, it would
that “once out, to stay out.” It Is get a signed note stating that it
appear that the outlook for U. S.
difficult to think of leaving a pet , is a legal tree.
turkey is very favorable. As our
Persons cutting five or more
or valuables in a home, but it is
population increases around the
tragic to read of cases where trees must have a harvest per
world and transportation im
people lose their lives by re mit. These permits can be obtain
proves, we should be able to count
ed from any State Forestry of
entering the burning building.
on this as a significant part of our
To help eliminate fires in the fice. In order to get a harvest
business.
home, it is good to know some of permit, you must provide a com
One dampening factor could be
the high risk areas and what can plete legal description of the area
Import levies placed by the Euro
be done about them. Some of the you plan to cut from, plus the own
pean Common Market. Only
most frequent causes aye; small er’s name and address.
time will tell how serious this
Don't ruin Christmas by steal
children left near open fires; gas-
effect will be.
oling containers made of glass ing your tree.
brought indoors; spark-producing
equipment near paint thinners; use
of flamable hair sprays near
flames; children playing with
Mushnxim collecting seems to
matches; defective chimneys and
be an increasingly interestingpas-
furnaces; and electrical wiring.
time for the people of Oregon and
The new Alder Creek Beauty
Each of these hazards should Salon will be opened Saturday,
the following are some comments
be remedied at the outset and Dec. 7 at Alder Creek. The shop
of some of the problems, falla
should not be tolerated in the res attractively decorated In lavender,
cies, and pitfalls for the novice
idence.
collector, says Jerry D. Larson,
gold and white, will feature the
The most common cause of home latest in equipment for a complete
Clackamas County extension ag
fires
is
the
careless
smoker.
It
ent.
beauty service. The phone number
goes without saying that you should is Hoodland 331.
The first question is—“Is this
not smoke in lied and general care
mushroom edible, or Is It poison
Cathy Durr is the owner and
should be exercised wherever operator. Cathy and her husband
ous? The answer Is not clear
matches or cigarette lighters are have made their home on Alder
and concise because very few peo
ple are well enough acquainted used. Another high danger area Creek for the past five years.
is the kitchen where many fats
with this form of plant to defin
and oils are used in cooking.
itely say that it could be eaten
without any ill effects and many This is the most dangerous room
times a mushroom that is edible in the house.
Last but not least are all sorts
for one person will cause anoth
WALRÄO INSUmCF ÄGFNCT
er to have all the symptoms of of heating systems, stoves, fur
naces, etc. The main concern
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mushroom poisoning.
The next question ls--“Well, if here is careful flue construction
you can’t tell us if it is or is not and use of stoves, heaters, etc.,
poisonous, then what tests can we according to the manufacturer’s
use to be sure ourselves?’’ Here recom mendat ions.
There are many other causes
again, there is no empirical test
to distinguish good from bad; of home fires, including electri
city, defective wiring, Christmas
mushroom from toadstool.
tree lights, etc. All of these are
equally Important, especially when
The Idea that these tests exist
you consider the loss of life and
and are used is the biggest trap
for the novice collector. If you are property that can result because
of Improper use.
Interested in colecting mush
A little time spent checking
rooms, there are several things
danger areas and the contributing
with which you must tie acquain
ted.
things to fires can go a long way
to prevent losses to Clackamas
First, a good field guide and
county home owners.
these are few and far between.
NEW!
There is one that is handled in
Portland that is excellent. The
HOMELITE
name of it is “The Mushroom
Unstable land means an un
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Hunter’s Field Guide,” by A. H.
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