16 The Stat mcmu Salem. Orsw thursdayl December 19. 1352 1 1 if , r - mf Vfcf "j-1 J W . -n Placing Yule Trees in Water Recommended By LILLIE L. MADSEN Farm Editor, The Statesman - There are thing you do to the Christmas tree . and things you don't do if you want the tree to stay fresh and the house to stay whole until Epithany. the proper day on which to remove the tree with ceremony.. A carelessly handled tree is fire hazard, warns Don h. Ras- mussen. Marion County extension agent. The hazard increases each day the tree remains in the nouse, By Epithany 'which, if you don recall, is Jan. 6) the fire hazard Is considerable, if not properly cared for. One of the best ways to de crease the fire hazard is to de crease the drying-out of the tree This can be done best by setting the tree in a container of water or chemically treated water. The container should be refilled every two or three days. Bay Fresh Tree But even before you set the tree In water, before you buy it, be sure to look at one that Is not al ready dried out. If you have grown your own tree or have farmer friend who has a tree you may cut there's law against promiscuous cutting on farm lands then don't take it until shortly before Christmas, to Insure fresh ness for the holidays. The trees which have been up two weeks in the home before Christmas just aren't quite right at Christmas time, the time the tree should be at its best. Ammonium sulphate, a com mon commercial fertilizer, ; is one chemical used to treat Christmas trees in past years. The procedure has been to weigh the tree and divide by four. This gives the amount of ammonium sulphate required. For each pound of am monium sulphate, add three mess urine cups of water. After the chemical is dissolved, set the freshly cut end of the Christmas tree in the solution and allow the solution to be absorbed. Water Used Many homemakers have had good results by setting their trees in plain water. Rasmussen sug gests a No. 10 can or similar sized container for a 3 to 4 foot tree A 10 or 12 quart pail or larger container can be used for trees that touch the ceiling. Regardless of the size of the tree or the con tainer, homeowners will be sur prised at the amount of liquid ab sorbed by a Christmas tree dur mg the holiday season. If your container is smaller than the above, you'll have to add water more frequently. Many stores now stock durable Christmas tree stands that pro vide a place for water. A survey of Salem stores this week, showed that while the choice was getting somewhat limited, there were still a number obtainable. These come in red or green colors for the most part Prices vary greatly with the type, the strength and thei. size of the stand. There were sems at 75 cents which did not look too durable. One type (see picture) ranged from $1.60 to $2.50 according to size. This was very durable both as to the stand and the container for the water. Wood Tabs Good Some folk use the redwood tubs, placing a can of water within these. Later a fern or some other potted plant replaces the tree. The tubs are a little more expensive than the regular tree stands, but also they are most attractive. An amateur carpenter can make his own Christmas tree stand out of scrap lumber if he has the time and inclination. A container can be secured in the center of the stand. This will hold the water and give support to the tree. The use of wires fastened to the tree trunk and the edges of the stand will give added support. Both the wooden stand and the can may be painted red or green just as the commercial ones are. Either type of container may be stored away safely and used year after year. There's even something interest ing about getting out the often used Christmas things. You lose a bit of the Christmas feeling if you have to buy complete new outfits for the Christmas tree each J ear. After all, Christmas is so argely a time of memories even to the very smallest in the family. Precautions Given In addition to keeping the tree In water, a few often-repeated but Still timely precautions should al so be followed: The electrical lighting system must be in good order. The tree must not be placed near a stove, a heating unit, or open fireplace. Do not light candles on the tree unless you .sit right in front of the tree and guard it every minute. Place the tree where it will not trap persons in a room if it should catch fre. Finally, if cotton has to be used around the base of the tree, first treat it with one of the zireproofing formulas. . And now that you have followed 11 the precautions, have a Merry Christmas around that tree! Monmouth '.Mayor ,Wif c Home From Wyoming sutecmaa News Service MONMOUTH Mayor H, W. Morlan and Mrs. Morlan are home from a trip to Rock Springs, Wyo where they visited their son-in-and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. don Spicer. The report the arrival there of new grandson, Paul Howard, born Dec 12. The Spicers have an older boy and a girl. Great-grandmother is Mri. A. B. Morlan of White Fir 9J II J 4 White firs are the most popular Christmas trees among persons wining to pay the highest price, report Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Candle and George Morris who are pictured (left to right). White firs, like those above retail for approximately $4 each, according to the Candles and Morris who have sold trees in the valley for eight years. (Statesman Farm photo.) Utancb Ma ni bl in go Going to college even helps cows, it would seem. Oregon Ex cellence Anne, a registered Hol- stein-Friesian cow, owned by Ore gon State College, produced ?06 pounds of butterfat in 15,623 pounds of milk, testing 3.9 per cent, to make a record or her own. She is only two and a half years old so she promises, well for the future. Her record now averages approximately 22 quarts of milk daily for the period covered by her testing period which was 327 days. Arthur Bone sad his son, Wil lard are boasting early lambs. They have sixf ewes and now they have two additional lambs born during the past week-end. While a few lambs have been seen gamboling on what should be the green, Iambs are still a novelty for the season but It won't be long. Oregon State College has its own travel service for the Christmas Holidays. Students driving home for vacation list their travel plans in the file service which matches riders with drivers. The driver students state how many passeng ers they can take and how ex penses are to be shared. Students needing rides can register then- wants and make contacts with the driver going to their home country. Cards are maintained for each of the 48 states. In Oregon, three sections are set up eastern. northwestern and southwestern. Great plans are being made for the Western Oregon Live stock Association to meet Jan. 19-21 at Coquille, reports Harry Lindgren, secretary. There isnt a livestock meeting held In the valley and there have been many held for the past month at which the meeting isn't an nounced. Usually as many, if not more, attend from the Wil lamette Valley than from else where. Efforts are already un derfoot to bring the 1954 asso ciation meeting to Salem. Topics to be discussed at this year's meeting include increased brand inspection in Western Ore gon and tax equalization between agricultural .and timber lands. Livestock and pasture problems as observed by Harry Schoth, Cor- vallis, on his recent trip to Europe, will be reported upon. Two other speakers are Harry Stearns, pre sident of the Oregon Cattlemen's Association, and Gerald Stanfield, president of the Oregon Wool Growers Association. f . Top herd of the 35 herds tested in Linn County this past month was the 28-cow Guernsey herd owned by Fennie " and Arletha Cooper of Lacomb. This herd av eraged 847 pounds of milk and 43.28 pounds of butterfat. Second high was Lee Foster's herd of 49 Jerseys at Halsey averaging 727 pounds of milk and 41.34 pounds of butterfat. High 20-month record far three-ye. r-olds- went to Mack i Hamby, Jefferson. Hamby's Jer- WANTED! Vnj0aDbqDfflru(3!(flft ALSO FILBERT MEATS Highest Cash Prices on Delivery -V '" ... ; Morris Klorfciri Packing Co. 440 North Front St, Saltm Trees Popular for Christmas 0 5- Hi Farm Calendar, . . Dee. SO Mt. Angel Creamery Patron's meeting. Jan. 13-14 Oregon Dairyman' Association, 59th annual meeting, Withycombe Hall, Corvalhs. Jan. 19-20 Western Oregon Livestock Association, Coquille Feb. 6-16 19th annual home and garden pilgrimage to Mexico City, sponsored by Texas Garden Clubs, but open to everyone. Feb. 23-25 Oregon Farmers Union meeting, Salem. Marion County Dairy Hers Produce High Forty-four Marion County dairy herds on standard milk test pro duced in November nearly a mil lion pounds of milk containing 24 tons of butterfat. The average cow teste i gave 610 pounds of milk and 31.9 pounds of butterfat There were 1,400 cows on test and 210 of these were dry. Harley McCannon tested the high herd at Woodburn, that of H Mikkelson and Son. Their 33 Jer sey cows averaged 44.8 pounds of butterfat and 686 pounds of milk. D. C. Brock's 10 Jerseys at Salem were next with 43.7 pounds of fat and 658 pounds of milk. In third place was the 52-cow Jersey herd of Frank Gratsinger, Gervais. This averaged 39.8 pounds of fat and 650 pounds of milk. Buford and Orville Brown's Guernseys, Woodburn were fifth They made 38.3 pounds of fat and 796 pounds of milk. Felix Miller, Jefferson, was sixth at 38.3 pounds for 22 Jerseys, and W. H. Brandt, Silverton, seventh, with 28 Guern seys at 37.8 pounds. Eighth place went to Lesta and Floyd Bates Jerseys averaging 37.1 pounds of fat. Ninth place went to Elton Watts, Silverton at 36.5 pounds of of fat from 16 Jerseys, and tenth to Leonard Hudson, Silverton, with 28 Jerseys aberagmg 36.3 pounds. Top individual in November be longed to C. J. Berning, Mt. An gel, Holstein No. 41, producing 1.890 pounds of milk and 98.3 pounds of butterfat Frank Grat singer's Jersey, Sybil, was second with 96.6 pdunds of fat and 1,341 pounds of milk. Third place was Andrew Kehrli and Son, Wood burn, with a Jersey, C-69 making 92.4 pounds of fat and 1,248 of milk. Poepping Brothers' Guern sey. Carnation, at Mt. Angel was fourth with 90.8 pounds of fat and 2,112 pounds of milk. She is only 3 years old. Fifth, was H. Mikkelson and Sons' Jersey, Pauline, with 89 pounds of fat and 1,310 pounds of milk. sey cow produced 11454 pounds of milk and 584.7 pounds of but terfat. Top two-year-old was Tillle, a Jersey, owned by Gale Walker, Seio. Tillle produced 10,711 pounds of milk with 614.6 pounds of fat. Ttl. 1-7433 It ' 2fe Dehydrated Bean Tests Give Promise Production of dehydrated green beans which will be equal in looks and taste to canned beans and which will keep for six months or longer is a promising possibility for the future, food technology re search at the Oregon State College experiment station shows. The dehydration tests are being done for the U. S. Army quarter master to determine the feasabi lity of such a product for military use or other special national needs. Work is under the direction of L. A. Pettit, research assistant, and Dr. E. M. Litwiller, acting head of the food technology department. Blue Lakes Emphasized Four varieties of beans are be ing used in the trials Blue Lake, Tendergreen, Tenderlong and Wa de with particular emphasis on Blue Lake. Results are being stu died in terms of reconstitution values, appearance, tenderness, flavor and storage life. In last year's initial experiments 4,072 pounds of green beans were dehydrated to a total weight of only 359 pounds in a series of dif ferent treatments. The dried beans are held in a shrunken state and when cooked in water to restore their moisture content return to normal size and appearance. Stor age is in sealed cans. Freezing of cut and blanched beans prior to dehydration was found to yield a greatly superior product and larger sizes of beans have so far provided a better look ing and tasting product than small er sizes. Taster Found Good The amount of water reabsorb ed by the beans in cooking varies from about 70 to 90 per cent. Pet- tit reports. In cases where rehy dration rate is high, the appear ance of the reconstituted beans is very good. Taste testers have rated some of the products "very favor able" and refined technique this year are expected to further im prove the beans. j In dehydration, the1 beans are processed for 5 toi 6 hours at temperatures ranging from 140 to 190 degrees. Rehydration cooking in water usually requires from one-half to one hour. ; Fall-freshening cows produce more milk when milk prices are at highest. to Shipping gemfee Wat Cotrnto For Daily Fast Dependable Service Between Oakland San Francisco Medford Grants Pass Roseburg Eugene Cottage Grove CorvalHs Albany Portland Seattle and Way Points Call CARRIER f 1953 Outlook: Dairy Prices Up, Meat Down Dairy prodnei prices are likely to be higher In 1953, but meat prices win continue down, ac eordlng to reports made Wednes day by agricultural economists. Milk production may Increase a little next year, but ft Is not expected to keep pace with po pulation growth and strong buy - lng power. Consumers will continue to shift from butter to lower-priced substitutes, say economists, but will increase their demand for dairy products in fluid form as cheese. Trends are recognised by dairymen who arc adjusting to changing- market demands by shifting from fat to milk produc tion. A record supply of beef Is now on its way to market and should keep coming in larger amounts at lower prices for sev eral years. Cattle and calf slaugh ter in another three to five years could be 40 per cent greater than this year's kilL However, beef prices. In the long run, will depend largely up on employment and consumer income. A farm flock of sheep offers better promise for using native pasture and other cheap forage than do cattle. High cost of labor is continuing as a serious ob stacle to range sheep, where herders sre needed. Wool supports will continue In 1953 near this year's level with little change in prices to growers, barring Increased mini tar y activity. Pork production Is expected to decline in 1953, but increased beef supplies and weak demand for lard will tend to keep hog prices from rising. Taste for Berries Increases in U. S.; Boon for Oregon The tripling of United States per capita consumption of pro cessed berries during the past 15 years has contributed substan tially to the growth of the can ning industry in Oregon, the num ber one berry-producing state in the nation, Dr. Glenn Cunning ham, field economist for Ameri can Can Company, container manufacturer, said Wednesday. The average annual per capita consumption of processed berries in the nation has jumped from about a half pound in 1937 to more than 1.5 pounds in 1952. Oregon berry growers harvest for sale to processors about 18 per cent of the berries produced in the United States. Last year the state produced about 31,300 tons of processed berries valued at $7,810,000. Aquatic Plants Theme of New OSC Project An illustrated key to the aquatic plants of the Pacific Northwest, more complete and useable in identifying and classifying plants than any now available, is being prepared for publication by an Oregon State College botanist. The key will cover the Colum bia River basin and the North west coast of North America from the Klamath River to the southern tip of Alaska, according to Dr. Al bert N. Steward, curator of the OSC herbarium. Dr. Steward's key will Include vegetative root, stem and leaf characters as well as those of flowers and fruits. This feature will add special value to the key since flowers ana iruits appear only occasionally or not at all in many aquatic plants.making iden tification difficult and sometimes impossible by these characters alone. Because the Northwest ranks as one of the heaviest rainfall areas in the nation, the water plants are especially numerous and import ant here, Dr. Steward explains. Included in the aquatic plant category are those plants that live under and on the water and those whose roots are flooded a good part of the year. Information provided by the fl r PIERCE FREIGHT LINES. INC. PHONE 3.4303 SALEM Mint Laboratory on Wheels -2..' I v N : An 85-gsllon portable pilot plant for peppermint oil distillation, built by A. D. Hughes, Oregon State College mechanical enrineering pro fessor, Is pictured. Hughes takes this equipment to valley mint fields daring harvest season and experiments in finding quicker, less ex pensive ways of distilling the oil from the peppermint hay. OSC study will be of value not only to botanists but also to workers in such varied fields as fish and game management, en tomology, animal husbandry and related plant and animal sciences. Caution should be used when you put your cattle on sudan grass pasture If pastured too soon you can lose several animals verv quickly. Young sudan has a high hydrocyanic acid content which will poison livestock. Downtown -351 Stat St. QUALITY No matter what your meat Talc ndvantage of SALEM'S eel loasfis eel PoS SoasSs fender lib Steaks lolled Prime Mb GRAIII FED Thm pork with that chicken Loin Shops Loin EuoasSs iPorh Steaks Yankee Spare libs Picnic Pork ioasis Pure Pork ILiHle Links i Pure Pork Sausage Smoked PorU Links DOUBLE SIIOKED CURED HEATS Unequalled for Flavor. Fresh from Our Smokehouse. Sugar Cured Sliced Bacon Hfra Lean Sliced Bacon Lean Streak Bacon Squares Our smokd mKts or. DBY SUG AH CUBED. Lm thrlnkgq. whn prparL SHACKS FOB 'SNOOPERS They are swell for a meal or lunch ' Wieners Skinless lb. 49 Boas! Beef lb. 650 Bologna Polish Rings I'lince Ham Liveronrst TVI r A simple heating system for the farm shop will let you make ne cessary machinery repairs now rather than wait until next year when the busy season starts. A stack-burned hay will . not provide your cows with Vitamin A. - The brown rat which has mi grated to most parts of the world since the 18th Century has killed off other types of rats in most places where it is found. K,.Mm 1A rtwa&S, , VARIETY - SAVINGS needs may be; You will find that GREATEST MEAT VALUES. Arm and Blade) Cook rare or well PIG - like texture and flavor. Center Cuts Tenderloin End Center Cuts Small Lean Meaty lb. 450 Cooked Salami lb. 650 lb. 450 ' Cooked Tonque lb. 650 lb. 450 Veal Loaf lb. 550 lb. 450 Pork Loaf lb. 550 WHEN YOU SEE IT IN OUR1TS Panel Studies Dairy Cattle Bloat Problem A panel discussion on bloat of dairy cattle at the recent Dairy Herd Improvement Association meeting In Salem, brought out number of good practices used by the various dairy fanners in the area. 1 Bloat, it was reported, has been one of the causes of serious cattle losses in Oregon in recent years. Arthur Buyserie, Woodburn, in speaking of losses through bloat said he had planted sudan grass with new pastures to help out in cidence of bloat. He also mixed a bloat powder with grain during the summer months. Kehrli Reports Andrew Kehrli, Woodburn, re ported a loss of eleven cows and six calves in five years on his pastures. Straight ladino clover seedings were drilled with 60 pounds of common ryegrass seed in February last year and it has been very effective in preventing bloat. ' No loss was experienced this year. In the Virgil Deihl herd at Mt. Angel, heavy grass seedings of orchard grass and ryegrass have prevented bloat loss. Jim Phillips, Silverton, newly elected DHIA president, said feed ing some hay or other dry material seemed to help. ' Fertilizer Helps Other experience showed that using straight nitrogen fertilizer in the spring helped keep grasses aggressive. Phosphate used in the fall brought clovers through the winter in good shape but no spring application was made. Cutting pasture crops in the field and feeding in bunks in the dry lot was reported to have in creased the carrying capacity by 25 to 35 per cent on many Califor nia and Arizona pastures. Samples of silage were taken December 10 for protein test in Marion County and a silage meet ing is being planned for February. Capitol Branch 1120 Center it pays to shop our markets. lb. lb. lb. lb. lb. lb. lb. 450 25 SO 0 4c 4lc lb. S1)C lb. 41)C lb. 41)C lb. 4l)C lb. 3c lb. 4i)c lb. j 55