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That peaches can he crown in the Willamette ValVv will ha
demonstrated at a peach erowera field day to he held at the Lewi.
crown experimental una east of CorvalUa on Auz. 14.
u u. Kawungs, extension horticulture specialist, tells us that
more than 100 new varieties of peaches are on test at the eolleee
ana uese wiu do on display lor growers. Processors ana Iielamen.
C O. doesn't say one word as to whether or not we are coins to pet
to sample these varieties. The program starts at 1:30, so you had
better be there to see. Diseases, inserts, fruit thinnnine. canning
ana xreezmg comparisons oz variety, are among tne topics lor the
afternoon. t ;
Testing is being done under the direction of Dr. Ouentin Zle-
Itm-aV KaWiai ilf rrtA vnapt AiiAfifin m nattvat nf K a GaUM'
checking yields, tree and fruiting habits, resistance to leaf curl
and marketing qualities. i ' v(
We were wonderinf if it was completely coincidental that
the hop men's and the vegetable folk's field days are the same
this year at the state college. A lot of hopmen, who still have
a nostalgic Interest in hop growing, are actually! in the vege
table business this year. ;
' Both field days are scheduled for Aug. 12. The vegetable,
crops folk, who include growers, seedsmen and fieldmen from
firocessing plants, will visit the experimental plots at the col
ege farm from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. on that day, while the hop
growers have only from 1:30 to 4:30 to view their new va
rieties, i
In both cases, research workers will be stationed at the
fields to explain the work.
First erassman of the vear to be announced is Linn Countv's.
days." The only way the farm photographer could get a picture This is Frank Cochran (see photo) who operates a 1,000 acre ranch
was to catch him t the telephone, as calls were coming in from near- Brownsville. Frank is one of the first to believe in beef cattle
in the valley. He started in with purebred Herefords Z5 years ago
William T. Guerts came here this week from Salt Lake City te take
over the general managership of the Oregon Turkey Growers As
sociation. And, said Guerta, Tve never spent a busier 'three
all over the country concerning turkey business, during the in
terview.
New Turkey Assn. Manager
Sees Better Prices Ahead for
Turkey iProducers in Oregon
i -By LILLXE L. MADSEN !
Farm Editor, The Statesman'
Fewer people are growing fewer turkeys and as a result the
farmers who are producing turkeys this year should get more mon
ey for-their birds. ! i ! I" M
That's the opinion of William T. Guerts, who came to Salem
just
this week from Salt
ment of the Oreeon
' ters are at the plant in Salem son
the west side of the river, r I
While Guerts is new as general
manager of the cooperative, asso
ciation, he is new neither to tur
keys nor to Oregon, iA natives of
Holland, he first came to Oregon
la 1927, living here for 26 years
, .before going, to Salt Lake City! in
1822. During those! 25 years Ehe
I claims he was "mixed up with tur
key business In one form or anath-
j er most ot the time."!
4 Grew Turkeys in Col ton
- During the seven i years,
prior to his going to Silt Lake
City, Guerts was ia;! the turkey
business as a hatcheryman and
grower In Colton. For two terms
h served as president of the Ore
gon Turkey , Improvement Associ
ation. Following that he was elect
ed to presidency of the National
Turkey Federation. At present! he
Is' a member of the executive
board of the national group.
Guertz succeeds! j: Henry
. Hodges, who has been with the
association for the past 13 years
and served as manager here for
the past two years. Hodges refill
go to Eugene as plant manager
' there. i 'i
The new manager and his wife
are looking for a permanent home
in Salem, which they claim is one
of the nicest cities in j which they
have been privileged to live. Their
son, Glenn is a law student at Wil
lamette university and their three
daughters are married and live
elsewhere.
Named in June
Since Guerts was elected to the
general managership at the June
25 Oregon Turkey Growers Asso
ciation board meeting in Eugene,
he has visited numerous plants Tin
search of any improvements in
Lake City, to take over the! general manage-
Turkey Growers Association : whose headquar-l
and now carries 200 females during the winter.
There are 25 acres of irrigated pasture land on his ranch. 150
acres ot. seeded mu pasture and Z7o acres ot crop land grass seeds.
grain anU hay. The balance of the farm is made up of timber
which is now being re-logged and stretches of hill land which is
being developed into more pasture land.
At the Willamette?" Valley sheep sale at Albany, Saturday,
Frank was presented with the Linn County prize and told that be
is to compete in the state contest Hubert Willoughby, Harrisburg,
! president of the Linn County Livestock Association, made the
presentation.
Ten Polk County 4-H Club member were radio "stars'
Monday, as they broadcast for a half hour over KOAC at 7:30
p an. under the guidance of Mrs. Maine Reichert and John
Grimes. Taking part were Pamela Baker, Zora Ann Hiebenthal,
Bridgeport; Jean Ferguson, Falls City; Fae and Rae Frisk,
Monmouth: Judy Peterson. Barbara Mailer, Sarah Kay Lander-
back, Mrs. Wilms Young, Oak Point; James Hess, Ballston; Betty
Ann Cilne, Parker, Loraa Bioaca scotuana.
marketing ideas or plant manage
ment - Some of these will be in
corporated in the management of
his group.
In the meantime, in addition to
a new manager, the turkey asso
ciation plant in west Salem has
acquired some new processing
methods this ; summer which are
expected to improve the quality
of an already, high quality pro
duct
Twilight
Time
By FARMER'S WIFE
The menfolk have gone off to
soil conservation committee
"Turkevs are scalded at a hi eh- meeting and we that's editorial-
er temperature for a shorter time, ly speaking, lor "we is just, "i
and then immediately immersed settled down with Carl Starker's
in an ice bathi This enables us to Aihm f Arrangements
nt riff vn thm snrtt mm nt nin I ....
feathers around the joints of the Jo ha. .food look at some
turkeys,' A. ;J. Montgomery, li
nancial manager of the associa
tion, explained. "Getting the tem
perature- just, right is very im
portant in putting out a high qua
lity product to the consumer.
Of course, we know we'll never
be able to build a bouquet lixe
Carl does, but it's sort of fun
thinking we might
But now that dusk is really
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For the relief of j muscular
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Open Dally 7:30 AJ4L te t P3t
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- 135 N. Commercial i 1
Approximately;$30,000 Is being filing and we "nt look out the
spent in improvements which in
clude the new processing equip
ment and additional storage.
Fryers Processed
At present the small Belts ville
White fryers are being processed
at the Salem plant Work on these
began about two ' weeks ago and
approximately five carloads
window to see the flowers we'd
use in the arrangement our mind
keeps straying to a conserve we
tasted at one of those picnics tms
week where everyone brings
something. We couldnt find out
just who had brought the con
serve, but did learn it came from
Yamhill county and Alma Wells,
who's good at collecting things
about 100.000 pounds will go had the recipe ,u down
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stated. The Broad Breasted Bron
ze season is just getting under
way,
"Another Salem plant enters in
to helping put out the perfect tur
key product," Montgomery said.
"All of the ice for the quick bath
is furnished by the Salem Termi
nal Ice Plant, headed by Harold
Robinson, and this plant also han
dles ail tne coid-storage. just as
We were awfully glad we tast
ed it first Somehow the combina
tion didn't sound just right, but
it tasted more than "right"
Here it is: 2 cups fresh apri
cots; 1 cup crushed pineapple.
drained; 2 ripe bananas, diced;
3 cups sugar.
Wash, pit and coarsely cut ap
ricots. Place apricots in sauce pan,
soon as the birds are ready they dd 1 cup of crushed pineapple
are trucked right to the terminal n the J? CUP o Place
nlant tnr ctnrair 1
Montgomery, too, is proud of
over medium heat and cook until
the fruit is of jam consistency.
Salem and Its rapidly growing Md bananas and cook for
place in the! turkey world.
Salem has gained quite a re
putation for itself as putting out
five minutes more. Pour into hot
sterilized jars and seal.
This, Alma says, makes about
some of the finest oven-ready tur- live half pints. It sounds easy
keys in the Icountry. We are get- nd we've just a half notion to
ting calls from far and near. Dur- try it beiore the men come nome.
ing the killing seasons we ven
sell a lot locally to folk who want We ran across Mrs. George
to store them in their lockers for VanSanten of Rickreall the other
winter use. Some day Salem' will I dav busv about buttons. That
be known as a turkey center," may sound housewifely, but in
Montgomery said as he announced her case it wasn't just that She's
that the turkey growers annual secretary of the Polk County Fair
meeting would be held here in j board and the board is selling
early September, j some 1,000 fair booster buttons.
This is the first time the fair
The first! regular diesel -power-1 will be held at Rickreall in the
ed passenger service on U.S. rait new fair buildings. Mrs. VanSan-
roads was started in 1934, al-1 ten tells us that the fair board
though diesel switch engines were I has about exhausted funds to
used regularly as early as 1925. complete the buildings up to date.
and that the buttons are going
to help finish the fair site.
There's going to be quite
flower show at the Rickreall fair
Aug. 28-30 this year. Folk
County's Fair flower show is al
ways good; but we understand
that it is going to be even bet
ter.
While we are oh the subject of
flower shows don't forget the
two this Saturday one, we saw
was reported erroneously for
Sunday, the other day. This is the
Lebanon Herb tea and it's really
Saturday afternoon at Lebanon.
The other show is the Silverton
Summer Flower Show.
Someone was worrying a lot
about what they'd show at this
event at Silverton but we've
been snooping around and have
seed some very nice flowers we
think the owners ought to bring
out We've a feeling that Olaf
Paulson Jr., will cop the prize
for the arrangement for men
only, but we have heard that
there are some of his friends
practicing up.
We also ran against Betty
Kleinsorge en the street with a
handful of lovely red Gladioli,
which she didn't seem to think
too much of. She had some; she
said, she hoped twould be bet
ter for the Saturday show.
. Now, the a pricat-banana, pine
apple conserve is through cook
ing and in the jars. There was
a little left over which we put
into a sauce dish for tasting.
While it's still warm, it tastes
just right we think. All we have
to worry about now is the con
sistency which lso gives out as
if it would be okay ... We might
add that being we had them
we cut up a few filberts into
the mixture, and we think they
are adding special flavor too.
There the lights-of the men's
car just turned into the drive
way the big question is: Will
we get a pond in the lower field
so that we can irrigate the Wil
lamette Raspberries, which are
everbearers when they get
enough water?
SALEM HERD RATES
Of 10 eligible animals in the
Holstein herd of Helen M. Cher
ry and Harold M. Cherry of Sa-
em, one has been designated as
Very Good, two as Good Plus and
three as Good. Classification for
type was done under the official
type classification program, con
ducted by the national breed as
sociation. Official inspector was
R. D. Bnggs of CobleskilL N. Y.
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First grass man f the year in the Willamette Valley to receive public recognition this yearwas Frank
uicaxan ueiw Brownsville, who is pictured with the trophy presented te him at the Willamette Val
ley Ram sale, Albany, Saturday. Cockran was Earned Linn County's chief grass man. Presentation
was made by Wilbur Willoafhby, president ef the Linn County Livestock Association. (Statesman
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Include
Hoeing
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ough irrigation are mow, being
recommend;! for local vegetable
gardens. Haed hoeing or mechan
ical cultlvaion should be just
deep enougf to cut off the weeds
without danaaging too many feed
er roots of be nearby vegetable
Crop. Shallop hoeing to a depth
of Vi to 1 ich should take care
of the weedj Problem. ;
Too manj Vegetable gardeners
spring irrigate jost long enough
to lay the ftst, but this doesn't
get enough liter to the root zone
of the vegetkble crop, processing
plant fieldnqn report Regard
less of the iroethod used, garden
irrigation slould be .thorough so
that the waUf penetrates the root
zone. The vietable gardener can
easily check the results of his -
irrigation bj turning ever a spade
ful of soiL After a little practice,
he learns hw long an irrigation
set is needcii for his equipment
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