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Placing Yule
Trees in Water
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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!
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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
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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.)
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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
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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-
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Wieners Skinless lb. 49 Boas! Beef lb. 650
Bologna
Polish Rings
I'lince Ham
Liveronrst
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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
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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.
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VARIETY - SAVINGS
needs may be; You will find that
GREATEST MEAT VALUES.
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Cook rare or well
PIG
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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.
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