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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 24, 1954)
Statttznaa. Sato, Orw Run fun St CT Ctg D 3 11 1 1 ... . . ? . . . . . Filberts, With More Uses, On Way Up in Valley Area By LILLIE L. MADSEN Farm Editor. Tbe Statesman Filberts as an Oregon farm crop have come along way. First, they went a long way up. Then they took a skid 'down. Releases this week indicate they are now on their way up again. As a result of research on peeling raw filberts, new outlet for the nuts appeared likely in ice cream and cheese spreads and on glazing of filgerts as a con fection, according to the release from Oregon State College. The food technologists said that chemical removal of raw filbert skins appear feasible for com mercial operation and is expected to answer criticisms against pres ent methods of mechanical re moval that leaves from 10 to 20 per cent of the skins on. Normal ly, less than SO per cent of a given lot are completely cleaned me chanically. The new chemical removal of skins, using an alkaline solution, acid treatment, and water spray, has given as high as 90 per cent whole peeled filberts. Dr. H. W. Schnltz, food technology head re ports. Vanilla-Filbert Popular In tests this past year on the OSC campus, vanilla-filbert ice cream ratea nignesi wim duw students and staff members. Choc-late-filbert rated second. For use in ice cream, roasted filberts were chopped into particles a little smaller than a quarter Jcer nel. then dipped into boiling sugar solution that keeps the nuts crisp and crunchy. Use of filberts in cheese spreads also offers a natural tie-in with Oregon's multi-million dollar dairy industry. Dr. Schultz says. Trial cheese spreads containing 31 per cent ground filberts by weight, resulted in a popular blend, researchers found. While filberts are among the oldest nuts mentioned in litera ture Pliny narrates that they came out of Pontus and Matolia and since have been connected with ancient European mythology and witchcraft, they are not one of the older parts of commercial farming in Oregon. Scattered filbert trees have growing around Portland since 1886. but not commercially. Ac tually, the oldest and largest known filbert tree in the state grows near Scottsburg in Umpqua Valley, and was planted there in 1864. In Europe, they are grown as far north as Norway and the 150 year old groves of Kent in Eng land are famous. However, the main filbert competition to Ore gon comes from the Mediterran ian Sea area Spain, Italy, France and Turkey. In the United States, they are not grown commercially outside of the Willamette Valley, although many other states have tried un successfully to grow them. Dorris First Commercially Credit for commercial filbert growing in Oregon goes to George A. Dorris, who had his first or chard in the Springfield area in Lawns Should Now Receive Fertilization This is a good time to fertilize lawns that are irrigated during the summer. County etxension agents say. Spreading a nitrogen J fertilizer and watering will insure a healthy green color during the rest of the summer. What type of commercial fert ilizer to use depends upon the preference of the homeowner. If the homeowner wants to keep out clover, he should use a fertilizer containing only nitrogen. Ex amples are ammonium sulphate, ammonium nitrate, and calcium nitrate. If clover and grass are wanted, a fertilizer ' containing both nitro- FREE ESTIMATES On Floor Coverings NORRIS-WALKER PAINT COMPANY 1710 Front Phone 4-227S WE REALLY OUT THE DIRT! S AND RIVER SILT -yCA f s For Tour Law or Garden 1 y? Prompt Delivery I r Phone 3-9408 II Salem Sand & Gravel . x! -vr- ' L ;v WOODBURN J. Nibler, one of Oregon's pioneer filbert growers, tells of early-day filbert growing in the Willamette Valley. He is now retired and lives with his wife at their attractive Woodburn town house. Nibler had the first commercial filbert orchard in Marion- County and some of the trees bear at the old Nibler farm home on Highway 99 near here. (Statesman Farm Photo.) 1902. Oddly enough, Dorris was not a graduate of the then Oregon Agricultural College, but of the University of Oregon. His intro duction on a commercial basis of the cultivated "hazel nut" brought him the title from his friends as "nut on filberts." Dorris first set out 100 trees, two years old, which bore a few nuts the first year. His nephew, Ben F. Dorris, joined the nut ranks with his uncle, following World War I, dur ing which he had fought in France and observed' the commercial or chards there first hand. But long before World War I was thought of, a Marion County farmer, came into the filbert pic ture, and to him goes much of the credit of establishing the in dustry on a firm business basis. Nibler Firms Industry In 1910. J. Niftier of Woodburn, had a Portland nursery order a planting 'oj filbert trees from France s Oregon nurserys did not stock them. When they ar rived there were 640 of them and they cost Nibler $64. Nibler. who has been retired from farming for seven years and makes his home at Woodburn, tells of the excitement at the farm I home, out on what is now High way 99, when word reached there that the trees were at the sta tion. "Shall we bring the wagon . . . how much room will be needed for hauling?" Nibler asked the agent. The reply was, "I think a mar ket basket will hold them." The "trees" proved mere "switches", Nibler said, as he described the years' of waiting for those "switches" to grow into bearing trees. "And how well I remember the first nut to develop." said Mrs. gen and phosphorus will main tain the stand. Rated as good fertilizer for lawns containing mixtures of grass and clover is 16-20. The percentage of available nitrogen in these fertilizers varies from 15 to 33 per cent. They must be spread uniformily and watered in to avoid burning the lawn. These materials should be applied at the rate of five to 10 pounds to 1,000 square feet of lawn sur face. They can be broadcast and then dissolved by sprinkliing or applied in solution through an at tachment to a garden hose. Where summer irrigation of lawns is not possible, high analy sis nitrogen fertilizers should not be used. In fact, no commercial fertilizers should then be used. Commercial fertilizers must go in to solution before they are avail able to plants. Commercial fertilizers applied in mid-summer to non-irrigated DISH v?V Victor Kelly (Leta Nibler), a daughter, who is spending the summer here from the Kelley's Flying E Guest Ranch in Wicken burg, Ariz. "Every morning we kids would run out to the orchard to see if the nut was still in its husk." "We planted filberts too close those years," Mrs. Nibler took up the story. "We set them 16 feet apart each way." No Ground Wasted "But no ground was wasted," Mrs. Nibler said. "We grew strawberries in between the rows. That was before Marsh alls and Northwest varieties. We had Gold Dollars, Wilson's, New Oregons." While the filbert planting con tained 600 Barcelonas, there were also considerable Red and White Abalines, and these, the Niblers recalled, wouldn't husk out well, although they were excellently flavored. "We husked them out by hand in pans on our laps at night," Mrs. Kelly explained, "we used to hate to see Dad go out and get that big gunnysack of unhusked nuts each night. But when we got at them we had a lot of fun there were nine of us." Nibler recalls that he sold his first crop at 35 cents a pound and that he had averaged 25 cents throughout the filbert growing years, all of the nuts practically being sold at the roadside stand. One year, seven tons were sold that way, he said. "And the filberts would still fee an excellent crop if growers would in and advertise them properly," Nibler believed, adding, "You can make money at 25 cents a pound if you grow enough per acre, and you could nearly always average that by pushing. An attractive highway stand is a fine sale place." lawns usually do not become available to the plants until the chemicals are dissolved by fall rains. Research has shown that high temperatures have a direct effect on the thickness of egg shells. Frequently hens are now kept in an artifically cooled place to ob tain thicker shelled eggs. Hogs that have plenty of wa ter conveniently situated, gain faster and more cheaply than those that don't The goal of every dairyman should be a calf a year from ev ery cow. The average dairy cow needs 25 to 35 gallons of drinking wa ter a day. WE FERTILIZE LAWNS (THE TRUE ODORLESS LIQUID) Amazing NO ODOR Low Cost fish Fertilizer Minimum . $5.00 up to 2,000 Sq. Ft. Larger Areas Lass Expensive Par lOOO Sq. Ft. 5E3Ut6ROi LIQUID FERTILIZER Results Guaranteed H. A. Simmon's Fuel Oils and Fertilizers 3157 PORTLAND ROAD DGasieii Dlaiiibliiiig RANCH R AMBLINGS MERION BLUEGRASS NOTED Plant Merion Bluegrass shal low on a firm seed bed, E. T. Rose of Hubbard told some 45 seed growers who trapest along on the recent Marion County seed tour, E. T. used a small-hand operated planter to obtain the one-acre ini tial planting two years ago, and repeated the operation on 16 addi tional acres planted this spring. ITS BENT GRASS HERE Actually the tour started on the Joe Doerfler farm near Victor Point, across Silverton from the Rose ranch. A rather complete Weed control and fertilization program has been and is being carried out by Joe who is noted as one of the fine hills' farmers in the east end of the county. The result is in yields of about five hundred pounds of seed per acre. Fertilizer plots in the bentgrass fields were reviewed by Tom Jackson, soil fertility specialist from the state college, who was also on the tour. Tom indicated that the potassium may give yield in creases this year in Joe's fields. JAKE CALLS A HALT If the farm tourists thought they'd just jaunt along from one farm to another on the tour, they reckon ed with out Jake K. Neufeldt, Marion County weed inspector. Jake called a halt here and there along the roadside to demonstrate what chemical brush and weed killers were doing. Although the plots had been sprayed 10 days previously, the 2,4-D and 2.45T combinations used were killing down the Scotch Broom, the evergreen blackber ries and other weeds quite effectively. MORE WEEDS Then when the group got to the Ralph and Frank Egan farm, a'mile or so south of Evergreen School, a survey of IPC sprayings was made. Here Rex Warren, also from the state college, pointed out that if the several well known precautions for using IPC are taken, excellent weed control and increased crop yields can be expected just like demonstrated on the Egan ranch. The precautions suggested by Rex included correct quantity and make of IPC, spraying fields one year old and older, and spraying at the right season of the year. LUNCH TIME Almost all the tourists stopped at Silverton, at a place they had heard had good pie, for the noon meal, before moving on to the Val Miller farm near Parkersville school to look at Illahee creeping red fescue and Alta fescue. HOME AGAIN-Mranger lotus, a birdsfoot trefoil variety, was noted on the Marvin Barrett farm near Hubbard. Marv made his in itial planting last year and is preparing a seedbed for another seed ing to be made shortly. Granger has looked exceptionally good in the foothills after it has been established. As a seed crop the big difficulty is to obtain a seed yield, Marve explained. But he is try ing. After this, then the group landed at the Rose farm, from where they disbanded for their own homes. Time to Fight Against Elm Beetle Here Larvae of the elm leaf beetle can be controlled now with a thorough spray containing four pounds lead arseante, plus a spreader-sticker in 100 gallons of water. This spray will protect elm trees from partial to complete defoliation, D. L. Rasmussen, Ma rion County extension agent, re ports. Two pounds 50 per cent DDT powder in 100 gallons of water may also be used. Elm leaf beetle larvae feed on the under side of the foliage, skeletonizing them, and causing them to turn brown, curl and drop prematurely. Although dam aged trees grow another crop of leaves the same summer, damage by this serious insect pest weak ens the trees and shortens their life-span. Elm trees . on the capital grounds in Salem are given pro tective sprays every year for the control of the elm leaf beetle. Home owners can contact spray contractors having power equip ment for applying thorough cov er sprays for protection against the elm leaf beetle. Salem has a number of men who do custom spraying. Guernsey Men Sponsor Dairy June Field Day Guernsey men in the Willam ette Valley will gather at the Or ville and Buford Brown farm, near Woodburn, June 24. at 10 a.m. for a dairy field day. Selection of breeding stock, cow families, get of sire groups and dairy production methods will all come in for consideration. H. E. Ewalt, extension dairy man from Oregon State College, and Elmer Meadows, Guernsey cattle club fieldman, will aid the field day's discussion and judg inig. The meeting is sponsored by the Marion-Polk Guernsey Club and lunch will be served at noon by women of a nearby church. Special Application to Give You Exact Proportion for Lawn Nourish ment FISH Phone 3-9517 Summer Time To Plan f or Good Pasture Late summer and fall pasture problems for sheep will soon con front sheepmen, Ben A. Newell, Marion County extension agent, reported Wednesday, as he sug gested seeding grey winter oats and rape, or Sudan and rape, now for feed to finish late lambs and for flushing ewes at breeding time. Floyd Fox, Silverton, had ex cellent results last year, he re ported, seeding about 80 pounds of grey oats and three pounds of rape per acre. This planting was irrigated twi ce and carried 25 sheep per acre for nearly three months. An application of 40 pounds of available nitrogen before seed- -I ing, will increase the yield sever al times, says NewelL If late fall and winter pasture is planned, oats may be prefer able to Sudan grass. Sudan fre quently has poisonous qualities after frost comes in the fall. Fields that will be worked and seeded this fall to grain could be planted with 30 pounds of Sudan grass and three pounds of rape within'the next two weeks. Most sheepmen will have some, lambs that won't be fat for early market, and every breeder could use flushing pasture to advan tage during August and Septem ber. Honeybees can increase the yield of irrigated cotton by 22 per cent, according to tests at USDA laboratories. now on DISPLAY We are proud great new McCulloch 4-30 Chain Sauk Ideal for Pman felling, bieckin&Timblng. H timber t& to 6 feet thkkJ Sz W9 for full detail tmd freeiigmomSretien, Towhe Equipment Co. 908 Edgcwortr nl r ' ' - .g. i, ,m jnn.8gl ,.. L. y m,' ,;- ,T i. While strawberry crops have been rotting away on the vines, and clover hay has been moulding ia th fields. Early Foggle hops have been -hopping" right along toward wire-height Scenes like this, which used to be common in the Willamette Valley, are getting a bit scarce. However, every few miles the motorist runs across a hop yard at the side of the road even yet. This one, particularly fine field, belongs to Fred Schar in the Brush Creek area west of Silverton- (Statesman Farm phot) Farm Calendar Jane Z4 Guernsey Field Day, Orville and Buford Brown farm, Woodburn. June 24 Annual public meeting of Institute of Northwest Resources dinner. Memorial Union Building, CorvaDis. Joae 26-27 t All-Arabian Horse Show, Salem. Jane 26 Clackamas and Wash ington County dairy meeting, Clay ton Nyberg farm. Tualatin. Jane 27-30 National Turkey Fed eration officers and executive com mittee annual meeting. Gearhart. Jute 27 Annual Linn County Livestock Association picnic, Eg gelston farm, Brownsville. Jane 28-Jaly 1 American Seed Trade Association, annual meet ing, San Francisco. July 18 Western Division of American Dairy Science Associa tion, Corvallis. July 16-17 National meeting and show of Norm America Lily Soci ety, Seattle, Wash. July IS Marion County Jersey Cattle Club, RNA hall, Quinaby. July 18-22 Annual Convention of American Association of Nursery men. Minneapolis, Minn., Hotel Radisson. July 25 Oregon State Jersey Cattle Club picnic, Tillamook. July 27-31 Santuam Bean Festi val, Stayton. Aug. 4-8 Silverton Centennial Celebration. Aug. 7 Western Horse Show, Silverton. ..August 7 Willamette Valley Aug. 7 Willamette Valley Ram Sale, Albany. Aug. 25-28 - Clackamas County Fair, Canby. Aug. 27-29 Polk County Fair, Rickreall. Sept. 4-11 Oregon State Fair, Salem. Sept. 16-18 Pendleton Round-up. Sept. 17 Oregon Turkey Im provement Association annual meeting, Withycomb ball, Corval lis. Sept. 25-25 North Marion Coun ty. Fair, Woodburn. Sept. 25 Oregon Shorthorn Breeders Association sale. State Fairgrounds, Salem. Oct. S-16 International Dairy Slow, Chicago. Oct. t Second annual Willam ette Valley Hereford Sale, State Fairgrounds, Salem. Oct. 12-13 National Jersey Show, Chicago. Oct. 20-22 Pacific International Livestock Show, North Portland. to announce the Ph. 4-1541 'y 1 . . . - ..-(..... Silo Gas Serious Unless Care Taken For Ventilation Carbon dioxide gas that had formed in the making of silage is blamed for a serious accident on a Polk County dairy farm, N. John Hansen, Polk County agent reports. The gas displaced oxy gen in the top of the silo, Hansen explains. An employe at the dairy farm then climbed the outside of the silo, put his head through the previously closed doors, lost con sciousness and fell backwards to the ground. The incident received consid erable publicity at the time, Han sen points out More publicity, he believes should be given to the extreme caution needed when entering silos that have been filled and then settled. He sug gests that closed silos be well ventilated at all times and when ever it is necessary to enter, the blower should be run for a few minutes to allow fresh air to cir culate first Sound Sleeper Ignores Sounds ST. LOUIS (JP) Adolph H. Bohnn, snoozing in a rear room at his loan company, was awak ened by a vigorous pounding on the door. Sleepily, be admitted police who arrested a man found hiding in the basement. The police told Bohnn that while he was sleep ing a front window had been smashed, the firm's burglar alarm had sounded, and the handle of 'the company safe had been pounded off with a hammer and iron bar. STREETCAR FUN LOS ANGELES (JP) Commut ers on the streetcar route be tween here and suburban Bell flower have never had it so good. Their conductor, V. C. Prettyman, has roped off a special section of the car for card players. Now, the card fiends have a board, cards, score sheets and an ample sup ply of kibitzers. Venetian Blind 1 ecia S3 ii 1 Aluminum Slats O Cotton or Plastic Topes O White or Eggshell Color O Any Width or Length II (Minimum I Compare the Price! Compare the Quality! j This Is the Best Venetian Blind j Buy in Salem! IDlt CAPITAL Shade & Drapery Shop "Manufacturers of Salem Venetian Blinds" 560 S. 21st St. Ph.4-1856 'far ?' '.. fi. Indictment at Klamath Falls Said Faulty KLAMATH FALLS (J) A charge of manslaughter against Alfred Junior Carter, 31, Merrill farmhand, was dismissed by Circuit Judge David R. Vanden berg Tuesday on the ground tbe indictment was faulty. Carter, who had been accused of shooting Crux Unzueta. 35, a railroad worker, in a street fght here last Christmas Eve, was freed from custody. It was the second manslaughter indictment against Carter. The first one was sent back to the grand jury by the judge, who said it was faulty. Trial opened Moaday on the second indictment Defense Attor ney Edwin E. DriscoU made the motion for dismissal Tuesday. Because tbe trial had started, tbe indictment could not be sect back to the grand jury again. RADAR FOR WEATHER RANTOUL, I1L UP) A radar designed especially for weather observations is being installed at Charm te Air Base. It will permit students and forecasters to scan clouds within a 250-mile radius of the base. Similar equipment is to be installed throughout the United States, Brig. Gen. Thomas S. Moorman, Jr.. chief of the' Air Force's Air Weather Service, says. wswsms SEE Sq. ft. 10 Sq. Feet) 1113084 DAYS IF Jui t