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• - " " r M - ty r c i i i n n n n n u o f _BROOKINGS, OREGON — PAGE FIVE LILY BULBS ABE $600,000 CUBBY COUNTY INUUSTRY Curry County Economic Survey as fruits, and vegetables seeds G row ers Association andl local and lawn and p astu re seeds. bulb grow ers, a plot of ground They would also like to have a one to two aci. > in ex ten t for crop th at could be produced on experim ental purposes in the available land in this are a not B rookings-H arbor area. This suited to bulb growing. plot would be obtained on a least- The com m ittee recom m ends! basis for a period not less thai th at the news le tte r form erly is th ree years. The experim ental sued by the O regon S ta te De plots would be used for the fol purposes: 1. Develop p artm en t of A griculture on lowing H o rticu ltu re topics be re-activ m ent of a oom m unity m o th er ated. They suggest th at the Ex block. 2. N em atode control. 3 tension Service, E xperim ent S t a S tudy of rotation crops. 4. > tion. organizations and the O re study to develop a lte rn a tiv e gon S ta te D epartm ent of A gri crops. 5. Development of new c u ltu re cooperate to issue a lily varieties. 6. Weed contrdk q u arte rly new s le tte r which 7. Insect control. would ca rry a b stra cts on the It as agreed, by those present w ork Ix'ing done on specialty th at th e m aintenance of suet crops. plots would rest m ainly w ith tht The com m ittee recom m ends the hx'al extension office. I developm ent of a specialty crop short course to be held on the Oregon S ta te College cam pus, I Report Of Specialty Crop Committee K. B. Lee, Brookings Roy S pringer, H arbor B. E. D ahlstrom , Brookings F red G ustafson, Brookings C. P. W att, Brookings R. I. Oliver, H arbor H ow ard C antrall, H arbor Joe K nutsen. H arbor K. W. r riest, Count> Extension Agent, S ecretary At the present time, C urry County s ag ricu ltu ral income, from the production of lily bulbs exceeds $600.000.00 Since the close of W orld W ar II the trend has been from many sm all grow ers to a few, larger, more efficient operations in this ag ric u ltu ral industry This trend has been greatly influenced by increased production costs, caus ed by higher wage rates, taxes and land values. x LAND USE The com m ittee felt th a t all the available land in the so u th ern end of C urry County suitable for lily bulb production w as now being used. F u rth e r expansion in acreage would have to lie made on u nsuitable land. Anyone try ing to get into the bulb industry in this a re a should take this into consideration. The com m ittee felt th a t it would be unwise to encourage any fu rth e r expansion of the bulb industry due to the lim ited am ount of adaptable land and available w ater th a t would be neoesary for irrigation This com m ittee feels th a t the bulb in d u stry at the present is q u ite well stabilized and this stability should be m aintained. SIZE O F U N IT : An econom ical sized unit at the present tim e is 16 acres. F our acres of which should be planted to bulbs each year. A th ree year rotation should be followed. Bulbs should follow a sod crop. P lanting should yield 25,000 com mercial bulbs per acre. Two and one-half acres usually yields 50,000 com mercial bulbs, and furnishes planting stock. M ECH A N IZA TIO N : The bulb industry is p retty well m echan ized. As m any operations as poss- I ible a re now being done by mach- ines. The F arm Im plem ent Com- panics are doing considerable am ount of research to perfect better m achines and they are be ing tried by the grow ers as fast as they come along. Phis trend is expected to continue in the future. Some of the com m ittee m e m bers felt th at perhaps th? col lege should conduct som e re search in th is area on grading. Much of the grading m ade av ail able through private research is too big and expensive for grow ers in this area. The m achines are not econom ically p ractical for the size enterp rise the grow ers to operate. M echanization is necessary in speeding up the handling o per ations as well as reducing costs. G rading is the one place w here this m echanization is lacking. W EED CO N TRO L: The com m ittee would like to see more w ork done w ith selective type weed spray. They recognize th at much w ork has already been done by the college and private industry, but they would like to see this w ork increased and com- tinued. D em onstrations and tria l plots should be established in the county and the resu lts should be m ore conclusive than just killing the weeds. T his com m ittee would like to have th e college m aintain trial plots continuously, testing new chem icals as fa st as they come along and not only ch ?ck for weed control, but effect on soil organism s and long tim e effect on the lily bulb production. It is felt th a t m any grow ers are using these new chem icals based on research conducted on diff- ¿er.t type .-.oils and u nder differ en t c k m al.c conditions tha, of those th a t exist in this concen- «hen 'fou’,e v,n - tovin* A West Coast Telephone Company Credit Card Makes it Easy to Phone fro m ANYWHERE — t o ANYWHERE When you’re away from your office or home, a West Coast Telephone Credit Card enables you to place calls from an yn Acre to anyuhere, and have charges billed to your own phone. 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(Suggested three days» this the com m ittee felt th a t th e C ounty Agent would be m ore beneficial i to them under this system . RO TA TIO N : R otation is an absolute necessity to good bulb growing. However, at the pres ent tim e conflicting recom m end atio n s are being m ade by the college pertaining to the crops to use. This is all very confus ing to the grow er. One d e p a rt m ent recommends a legume crop and an other says th at legum es a re conducive to ncm atod? trouble. The com m ittee would like to have rep resen tativ es of the college coordinate and ca rry out this experim ental w ork in this area on th e soils th a t are growing the bulbs. F E R T IL IZ E R : The com m ittee feels th a t nearly every bulb grow er in C urry County uses a different fertilizer. It advises th a t w ork conducted by Dr. Stevens some years ago be re- irsta ted . Need some work done n leaf analysis, and am ounts of fertilizers to apply and tim e ol application. Need work on appli cation on fertilizers through an ' system. IRRIG A TIO N : The com m ittee •. i, ii . like to see an educational program carried out by the E x tension S nvice th at would m ake ¡i.i in th s area aw are of th e •t that ,he w ater supply for irifc-L n in this a re a is lim ited and th at every effort possible should be taken to conserve the w ater table level. SCS is suposed to m ake a survey to determ ine he present level. The com m ittee vould like to see this acccmp- shed. The com m ittee also rec ommends that the college m ake •nodic w ater an; lysis to d e te r mine chem ical content end a") PROTECTION and SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATE! For Information, See TELEPHONE COKPANY Plan Population, yearly. GRAYSHEL INS. AGENCY Brookings, Oregon changes th a t m ight occur. It was felt th a t as th e w ate r level dropped some grow ers might s ta rt pum ping salt w ater via th eir irrig atio n system s onto th eir bulbs. This com m ittee recommends th a t w ork be conducted in this area to d eterm in e minimum am ounts of w a te r needed to properly irrig a te th e bulbs. A fter th e m inim um ra te s are e s ta b lished, the Extension Service should do ev erything possible to influence grow ers to sta y w ithin the recom m ended am o u n ts of w ater. T his would help to con serve th e w a te r supply. W ork being done by the col lege to d eterm ine the tim e foi irrigating, th e am ount of w ater to use and length of tim e to run system should be continued. G row ers should be inform ed re garding w a te r rights legislation, and should be encouraged to ap ply for w a te r rig h ts as soon a.s possible. the w holesale d istrib u ters and greenhouse o p erato rs or bulb forcers,. A suggested snort course for these perons m ight help to im prove th e handling and sto rag e methixls. It was also felt th at the tran sp o rta tio n com panies should tra in th eir pers onnel in m ethods o e stacking and storing bulbs for and during tran sit. Many bulbs have been held in the production a re a by the tru ck e rs too long a period of tim e as well as at unfavorable tem p eratu res. Muon of this coul 1 lx* corrected through an ed u c at ion program . M A RK ETIN G : Manv im prove m ents can be m ade in this livid. Some consideration should In given to the shifts th a t a re ta k ing place ion the num ber of buy ers in th e field has not affected the bulb industry yet, but it is felt th a t this shifting should he w atched and when it s ta rts to affect the bulb in d u stry changes should lx1 m ade to equalize the D ISE A SE CONTROL: Hie n um ber of buyers and sellers com m ittee recom ends that w erk The com m ittee recognizes the he conducted by the research need for additional work' in lhe w o rk ers on field tests as well as greenhouse tests, but they feel field of packaging. They feel it would be m ore beneficial to : that package lining m ay help to th e in d u stry if these diseases m aintain quality and bring b et could l>e isolated in the field and te r prices for the bulbs It is control m easures taker, prior to also felt that consum er s.zed harvest tim e. The com m ittee packages probably w ' never b would like to call atten tio n to a m ajo r facto r in the hull) in w ork th a t has been dene in dustry, hut some "v p erim en tat C onnecticut and reported on in ion should lx* done along th the C onnecticut Floral Assoc- line. Cost studies should also I * ation, B ulletin No. 2.54 dated carried out to determ ine the ec Decemlier 1955. The com m itteee onomics involved. The IJSDA and i 'comm ends th at if research OSC should coonerate on thif w orkers are not acquainted w ith work. T rum an Fassum , Cost and this w ork they become ac q u ain t Research ranch USDA, has off ered to b.dp on this tyjx- of ed w ith it. project. The g reatest problem co n fro n t ing the bulb grow ers is th a t of L E G ISLA T IO N : At the pres root rot. T hey would like to ent f me bulb im portation ha know th e cause* of this and a not been to much of a problem, control for it. but it is f^lt that import dui < and restrictions should lx* m ain C E R TIFIC A T IO N PRO G R A M : The com m ittee considers that tained at present levels. Along this sam e line the com m ittee a certification program would be helpful and m ay be necessary in feels th at the Extension Service the future. However, at the pres should incorporate in its ed u c at en t tim e the trad e does not re ional program an effort to en quire it and until the trad e is courage bulb grow ers to join b e tte r inforrr>?d and willing to and support existing o rg an izat pay a prem ium for bulbs the ions th at work tow ard b etter- com m ittee feels th at it would not m ent of the industry. (E xam ple: pay a grow er to produce bulbs The Society of A m erican F lo r for certification. It would a ls o 1 ists) T his tyjx' organization is be difficult to obtain isolation in w orking on legislation favorable to the bulb industry as well as this area due to the lim ited land program s th at help prom ote th e th a t is available. use of bulbs and flowers. All of NEW V A R IE T IE S: T his com the activities conducted by such m ittee feels th a t the Croft strain organizations help bulb grow ers ill probably run out one of indirectIv. T herefore this com- ihese days. Therefore, it would m $tt«‘i? feels th a t all grow ers be advisable to have a v ariety should support this type of oig- stablisf *d th at would replace anization and its work he Croft. T hey realize th a t th e: A LTER N A TE C R O PS: The breeding w ork is very slow, but com m ittee feels th a t OSC should hej w ant th • college to continue conduct some r<«each in the field th eir work. of a lte rn a te crops, They would H ANDLING AND STO RAG E: like to have a crop th at would Many m istakes are being m ade supplem ent the income from the n handling and storing bulbs. bulbs and also fit into the crop These m istak es reduce th e q u al ro tatio n plan. Land values and ity of the bulbs. An educational taxes are increasing and it is be ’ rogram conducted by the E x coming more im portant to m ake tension Service would help (his b etter use of the land The com situation The fault not only lies m ittee would like to have the w ith the grow ers hut w itl the college conduct research that ’ ersons handling the bulbs in the would include m ark etin g poss m ark etin g chain The truckers, ibilities for a lte rn a te crops such Im m ediate action w as urged th a t the P acific Bulb G rowers contact C ongressm en and Rep resentatives urging the provision of additional funds for a m ore increased and intensified insect control experim ental program on lily bulbs u nder th e specific supervision of Dr. C harles D oucette, USDA, Entom ologist, Sum ner, W ashington. The com m ittee recom m ends th at the se cretary co n tact the D ean of A g ricu ltu ra l E n g in eer ing D epartm ent fo r the develop m ent of root p runing equipm ent for lily bulbs. It was fu rth e r recom m ended th a t the develop m ent of such r»x)t pruning equip m ent lx* th e resu lt of the com bined thinking of the County Agent in Gold Beach, Oregon S ta te College B otany D e p a rt m ent and the A g ricu ltu ral E ng ineering D epartm ent. The final recom m endation re garding the use of experim ental plots in the B rookings-H arbor area w as m ade as follows: The C om m ittee recom m ends th a t O S C o b ta in , through the cooperation of th e County Ex- t 'iisio n Service, the Pacific Bulb Auto Increase According to the com putations of the U niversal C.I.T. Credit C orporation th ere will lx* an in crease of m ore th an 523,(XX) care registered in Oregon during the next ten years. T his ou tfit fig ures th e re will be 16,000 more fam ilies living in th e s ta te it 1965 th an th ere a re now in '56 The survey: according to G. R M cElhany of S eattle, vice-pres ident, points convincingly to a higher level of p rosperity in the fu tu re. P assenger ears registered in Oregon should be 1,127,000 o r an increase of 85 percent ovej th e 604,000 now registered. Mc E lhany adds As for fam ilies, hi foresaw a gain of 31 percen t raising the to ta l to m ore th a i 710,(XX) as com pared to about 544,(MX) now, M ixlernization of highw ays and stree ts, including relief of city congestion anil provision for m ore parking facilities, are v ita considerations in view of the ex pected increase in a u to regis tratio n s, the vice-president said T ain , torment, and suffering play no favorites. They attack alike the sole wage earner of the family, the mother with her many responsibilities, or the only child. The one safe refuge is the family physician, who alone has the knowl edge, courage, and stamina to battle disease. Don’t hesi tate to consult your physician in time of illness. He, and he alone, is (^»rnpetent to advise. Depend on us to till his prescriptions promptly. 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