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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 1951)
13 Tha gteterrnfTn, Cclsnu Ora Novs and Vfows Apples In Top Spofc Up North By LUlIe L. 3143 a : Farm Editor. Tb Statesman ' There are 1,800,000 apple tree In the state of Washington. That's - what a little booklet banded me In Wenatchee said. . ;i - I have a . Jng they.are all be tweea Yakima and the Canadian line- In fact, they didn't atop at the line, but went up beyond the border up to Pt ton. We the farm photographer and I had no real business at Penticton. We were at Yakima and Wenatchee to visit relatives and help celebrate wedding anni versr ries. u. So at Ker eg we left the highway, we were following and drove, the extra nine miles to Pen ticton. We weren't sorryj Aside from findi.g out that the heavy apple production did stop there, we found a very neat, interesting little town with nice auto, courts, nice hotels, a lake at each end and good food. Ne Crumpets . - Had we expected to get some 'strange' English food, we'd have been disapp-inted. There were no scones, no crumpets, but plen ty of ham and eggs, steak, tomato salad any of the things we d find on a Salem restaurant menu. Only, in spite of all the trees, no apple pie. There was however, a very fine apple "pudding," which 1 think weld have termed cobbler here. . ' . . . Apple picking in the apple area . was just getting under way. Huge stacks of apple boxes and ladders were appearing along the roadside and short distances In the orch ards. The big apple packing plants and there were scores of them were steaming tip. Youngsters of the apple district aren't permitted to forget -what it Is that makes their valley famous. When picking reaches its peak wnicn is early in October schools are dismissed to give the students a chance to give a hand to the in ' d us try. The "vacation" last ' for two weeks. To provide for this, - classes take up early August 27, ; this year; -Picking An Art In the Wenatchee area you dont -J-Just go out and pick and apple and put it into the pail with or with out stems. Picking apples, we were told, is an art. Even little pamph let" and stories In the local papers. . are published to tell how properly to pick an apple. Warning is issued new pickers not to overdo the '--. lirst day or work." ; All pickers were warned to keep "the. body erect while picking and not to reach too far for apples." To speed up picking, the advice continued, the pickers were "to keep your eyes on your hands and your hands in front of you, pick with both hands and make every . motion count, set ladders careful . 1 and keep well balanced on the ladders. ; - " ' ' Health and future usefulness of the tree, too, was considered. Pick ers were told to be careful to "leave spurs on trees and stems on apples. Spurs bear next year's crop and apples minus stems are culls." Further' advice was to wear shoes with "gripping soles" We had? never been quite sure that Oklahomans picked as many things as they were given credit for. But any doubt of the veracity of such statements was wioed away after our stay in Wenatcnee and Yakima, For every one Ore- J:on or California car (and we saw ew California cars compared to Oregon's), there must have been ' a dozen or more from Oklahoma. Crop Good . - t j . .' Trees were positively loaded . with fruit Also trees were set ra ther close together Judging by the Elanting distance we employ here i the Willamette valley. While the vast majority of trees (and w traveled 200 miles without getting out of sight of apple trees) were -: Bed Delicious, we noted a yellow appled tree here and there throughout the orchards. Stopping to make Inquiry, we learned that these were used to furnish proper ; polU -tion. iey must be good. - We are sure tiat even bloom on the tree developed into an apple Each tree had from 10 to 20 props placed under the limbs to support the heavy load of fruit.' The orchards themselves didn't look so neat as those which we are accustomed to seeing in our own valley. But, we were told when we complained slightly of this that the great necessity for Irrigation is the car.se.: Had we come four weeks earlier, we would have seen much neater orchards. Caver Crop 'Sank j Cultivation In the orchards must cease early in August to protect the fruit After that growth con tinues and by picking time is as heavy as our own cover crop is the first of May when we disc it . under. - - - , We were amazed at the amount of irrigation in both Yakima and . Wenatchee the two towns lie about 100 miles -part. I dont think we saw a dry lawn In eith er city.' - - -: . In the YaUma valley where - there are 6,20 farms, there are . 268,460 acres -under irrigation: The average (Irrigated, farm runs up to about 40 2 acres. Irrigation is con stantly increasing too. There are 10,000 more acres under irrigation : now than there were five, year ago. Fruit growing is tlso on the in crease, crchardists told us. Form er grazing land and wheat acres re being turned into fruit acres. Vf'e were surprised at the amount cf grapes we noted. In the past ' Eve years, grape harvest has aris en from 14,e:2,CC5 pounds to 21,- Tbuxsdarv Septere2r 3. I "51 ? I of Farm and GcrHcn - i'" : Appla grew alaoeat m say mt fruit ue irngauea vengn - . ' From time ia time we passed water holes inch aa this in the Okanagan country of British Colombia. The cattle Aberdeen Anxos in this Instance graze up and down the hillsides and travel to the holes for their drinks. (Farm photo for Tha Statesman). ! 850,920 pounds In Yakima;: county At every; hop meeting we have attended here in the Willamette valley, we have heard something said about I hops In the: jYaHma valley. But we didn't sea: is many hop yards is wa expected) Some, yes, but h4 too many. However, we were tld that acreage had Jumped from 8,490 to 12,740 in the past five: yars, while harvested funds went jCrom 14,755,871 to 17, 658,834. W read effect gof hop marketing agreement into these figures as acreage increased 38J per cent I While production went up by 19.34-the difference being approximately that called tpon by the agreement to be unhajrvested. a similar situation to that found hare. ; , . . . Lata el Peppermint T Too, we were surprised Im mensely at the peppermint crop in the Yakima valley. Somehow, we thought peppermint was grown chiefly only in western -Oregon and Michigan. And here, Wa found Yakima valley was producing 400,000 pounds this yearw-ecarce-ly 130,000 pounds of oil less than Oregon. Growers were anticipat ing approximately 1,0001 barrels would be taken from the Yakima acreage with oil valued at around $2,400 a barrel not a bad crop to have grown this year. j . i We had Expected to see herd upon herd 6f Hereford cattle all over the farm area in this centra? Washington! region. But the cattle must have been off grazing else where. Only an occasional herd did we spot and then it was apt to be Aberdeeti Angus as Hereiords. The cattle we did spy were as fat and sleek looking as those exhibit- ed at the fair. While we noted so- ie dairy animals pasturing on irrigated greenery, most of the beef cattle Were eating off dry lit tle bunches of grass and seeming to thrive upon them. f j Both In Wenatchee and Yakima the businesi! folk were greatly in terested in &e surrounding farm--ing county, it was, they said, their bread and butter, j Peaches Plestifal ' . j In contrast to our own short peach crop! here, peaches seemed plentiful. Trees i.ere well loaded the later Varieties, that is. But we were told that prior to the dif ficult winter! two years ago, there were manylnore peach trees. A large number had been winter killed.- : ......ii:, ;v-4 But of I everything we; saw, ii was the apple trees with their heavy load if of i fruit vrhich im pressed us irnost It Just didn't seem possible that there could be that many j apples anywhere or being that many apples, that there could be a market for them and yet we were told, the "market is err good.",; . ill M f i FI5EMrT;C.XEO ? is I UARQUAM The Kosltor fire department was called to the Har vey Jackjnjffarra for a trash Ere on a sUanpiihst was siirposed to have burned- out It had been plowed around so there : was no real danger,: ,... J---';-:-. , - Dy ULLIE L tAADZiU each ather ia fae Wenatchee valley. at srens ax picture. (Farm phot lor oinicki&OiiGj 351 Etaie Cfreet ipniiD unEn The Weaiher Cools. Most Everyone Enjoys Eating Meat The Midget Markets Offer .Value Thai Will Stretch Your Budget Here Ther Are, Look Them Over, f, 1 foil DoosS Pur Hnrl Tin ;r FOR YODaLOCIEO Itlce To Cut Into Chop And Well Trimmed. n m rim v: n a i ii m Owww L-U CsdgM ..Lb. i?CJ SE3g PtjIi r, ftjTi 0U2 CATITCL STHZT MAESET 13 OH2I U2JTTL 7 P. IL i 1TS5AY3 A2H SATUSDAY3 TJIITIL 9 P. M. Farm Editor Tafces Trip And Camera. J 3 Trees ara heavily loaded with Tba SUtesman). ' 611 No. Capitol Lean .. Lb. Picnic. Pork Boast. From Small Porkers. ' . Meatr Cuts -Lb. tZT) mm.-.- j s.- n n ' m Salem to See Big Heifer Sale, Sept. 24 j - ' ;. :- - . L - h:- .;; -. i Twenty-eight : Dairy Breeders associaUan heifers .and cows are scheduled i for auction at the -state fairgrounds, Salem, Monday, Sep tember 24 at 12w0 p.rn. Marion County D iiry Breeders association president I Vernon Hepler, Canby, says animals from two other coun ty groups will be included this year. Auctioneer Ben Sudtell will handle this second annual asso ciation sale.:.j4 t I Twelve Jerseys from association sires nave been consiged. -W. T. Putman, Jr, Hillsbpro, has three In the sale- Jim Daugherty, Wood burn, consigned two, one is the granddaughter of his Cherry cow that topped the Dairy Herd Im provement association records for several years. Silas Torvend and Jim Phillips of Silvertoo have a fine - Jersey calf and Lawrence and Robins, Aurora are offering a registered calf from Oregon Price less Benjamin. Vernon Hepler, Canby has two entries and Oscar pverlund, Silvertony Paul Cham bers, Corvallis. and ML A. Crip- per. Forest Grove, each one Jersey. Joe Rice of Silverton has a Febru ary calf entered from J-18. Guernseys j Second Ilirh - Nine Guernseys will be headed by two third calf cows from G-59, Commander of Prarie Bloom. R. L. Freeburg, Woodburn, has consign ed the cows. Paul Mann, Silverton, has two bred heifers entered, one to be fresh by sale time, Septem ber 24.: i5 h' "-u - Lelaad Kocher. Hubbard, and Howard - Klopfenstein. ; Silverton, each have bred" Guernsey heifers Consigned, Oscar Strand, Silverton, two and Carl Swanson, Colton, Oregon. . D H. Gordener, Canby, entered a-G-68, Tideland Arbitra tor calf that freshens in January. Holsteins Offered - L Seven nicely " bred ; Holsteins ve come in 1 this year. George Kruse, president of the Mt Angel Creamery has listed two registered &olstein heifers. Walter Von Flue and Sons, Silverton are sending a welt grown animal, and Edward Freudenthol, Hilkboro, has con iigned two yearlings - and ' two calves. j ' I' Extension dairyman. Harold Ewalt assisted the sifting commit tee and reported the animals to be pt high quality. Several will be registered animals. , , -I Catalogues are available' from ill Williams, 803 Oak st, Silver- ton..". ii. , r iiDXHL mm.' 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September -tt I v Strawberry Growers meeting, Corvallis, 10 a. m j j : r October C-1S Pacific Interna tional Livestock Exposition, Korth Portland. . ,j .. 1 . - . , - October 20 -S- Oregon Jersey Heifer sale, Malheur county.; -i October 3-Sl National convo cation of churches in town and country. First .Baptist church Portland. j. i . . ; November 15-18- Oregon Recla mation congress. Bend. , : November 2C-D ectnber 1 Farm Bureau lederation conven tion. Senator hotel, Salem. ; November 2$-$ Oregon State horticultural society meetingrosc. ! t December l-Oregon Jersey Cat tle club meetidjgSalem. ; December JJ Oregon Wool Growers association, Portland. ! December 47 Pacific Coast Turkey- Show, fttf cMinnville. December 4 National Wool Growers associ land. tion meeting, Port- Fall Peach! Spray Time Now t Hand ! Fall sprays to, control peach spray, or Ca ornia blight on peaches are nqw in order, county extension agents r are reporting. Sprays are recommended for use as soon as peaches are harvested. I Phygon. three-fourths nound to J00 gallon of water,- is the best pray .to use for. this control, the agents state. For home garden spraying, use pn-third ounce of Phygon to eath -tWo gallons of Water. I - fievr Marsliall Berry Subject of Meeting I Strawberry growers and proces sors will hear about a new virus free Marshall strawberry plant at a state wide meeting Thursday, September 27, at Oregon State col lege. The meeting has been set for the. Memorial)! Union building, Starting at 10 it. m. vf - To.be discussed with plant and berry growers,! as well as proces sors, will be foundation stock "pro duction, new standards for cer tification as well as cultural in formation. - k . The Marshall has been the old stand-by in th$ state's strawberry processing industry. - , Straight Clht nydra-MaUa Drivm i'RRAL-OWlNS 'CO. Time to Plant Aiimial Cover 1 - J rrnn TTnro Annual cover crops are recom ended for western Oregon fruit nd nut orchards md cane berry lanungs. These crops should be ded early in the 11 and knock down or disked under early in spring.- : .. Fall cover crops use In the Wil- mette valley include Willamette etch, ;hairy vetch, crimson .do-, erj Austrian winter field peas. winter grains. A combination of a legume and a grain is sug gested for the , averase "- farm. V.ereWetch and grain are used, at least 100 pounds seed should be deeded per acre. A suggested com bination is 35 to 50 pounds of Wil lamette vetch and 60 to 70 pounds Of winte.! oats or barley. Where vetch is used alone, the suggested rate per acre is "5 to 80 pounds. . ; On depleted upland soils, win tier rye at the rate of 90 to 100 pounds per acre will usually grow where other grains may not give flood stands. The main objection to rye as a cover crop is thai the riank growth may be hard to knoc down during, a rainy spring sea son.: , i " ' Drilling is suggested for. the lar ger seeded legumes and grains. Howeve. some farmers report good stands by broadcasting the seed and then disking or harrow- ig-; .;.';- -j.-.....,...,:....;.-;, Nitrogen fertilizers are recom mended for use with fall - cover crop seeding. Up to 40 pounds av ailable nitrogen per acre is a safe rater that will help fall growth ' of the cover crop without forcing of th i trees or berry plants. Ammon ium; sulphate at the rate of 200 pounds per acre or 16-20 at 200 to 250 pounds per acre are the highest rates suggested for fall cover crops. - i LmcEim every hour behind the wheel of your Pontiac And since this Is a Pontiac we're talking about, you can be sure that J'our pleasure and : pride will last a ong, long time for Pontiac is built to give you years and years of care- free pleasure, j ' . What about the price tag? Well, we think that's the best news of all . Pontiac Is priced so low that if you ' can afford any new car you can easily afford a Pontiac! Come in and see for .yourself . ' ! v Zmipmtut, mr mm Twin Jersey Cbw$ 1 Are Ilicli Proc!iicer?3- Foir Boring Folk ! -Registered twin ;Jersfy heifers owned by .Mr. and Mrs. Ml C Ma lar, Boring, are alike in mdke ways than just j appearance;, j f The twin heifersj riarcje4 "Star' and -No-Star,? becsusj f their markings, j have just tcfnpleted their first laeationl fl-o-Star" produced 655.7 pounds of butter fat In 10,627 pounosiof kn!k, and "Star- produced 2i;i pounds of butterfat in 10,i89 pounds 'pt milk. Both lactations Were imadd in 305 days, and being twins, the! heifers were both i th ree vea and one month. ! , ; ' r ' The M Jars have been ffetruent exhibitors at the Oregon state fair at Salem as well as thtTClaickamas county fair at Canby, j Milk Output Costs Triplet! In 20 Years While Iretail milk pricH in the past 20 years have only doubled. milk production costs i arf three times as high as they were! in that period. Feed costs atone: fer 100 pounds of milk produced j are bet ter than two and one-half times as much today as ; they H ere la 10?ft . H i; . . I 5 . . 1 i Feed stilt takes the hlggest slice (46 cents) of the dairyman's cost dollar. Labor, which' figured 23 cents out of each. tost dollar 20 years ago,! now ; figures ?Q cents. Cost of the cow herself is six times more today thn it was in 11932.- These figures were reloaded this week byjD, Curtis MurnfOrrt, Ore gon State college agricultural economist I who h&$ Studied rec ords, taken from 60! Willamette- valley, dairy farms I let 1 recent months. I !i s I ; f Ll i i tctttttrUt m4 trim tiJmtitshj mtjtci at cbiw wubmt mm S " t 5 ' i Salem, Oregon M o'! i I l