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Page 8 Section 1 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL Salem, Oregon, Friday, September 21, 1956 Prune Processing Nears Pcaklj Dryin g, Canning Fruit Gets Under Way; Two Counties List 3900 Acres ; By BEN MAXWELL Capital Journal Writer Drying and canning Italian prunes from about 3fi00 pro ducing acres in Polk and 1300 in Marion counties is now ap proaching a peak. In Marion county, where average yield last year was two tons to the acre, gross value of prunes to growers has been estimated at $104,000. At the Carl Gerlingcr clnliyclrator on Dallas Road prunes from 230 acres owned by Gerlingcr, Eugene McDonald, his plant manager, or under lease, - are entering the dehydrator at a i rate of about 1U0U Bushels uany. . Some Can Be Prunes, Others Plums Drying - started Sept. 6, and if good weather prevails will con; tinue unlit early uctoDcr, This year prunes are drying at the ratio of 16 pounds of dried prunes to 60 pounds of green Jrun. urovcr Aicuonaiu, Steps to Stop Infestation of Rats Told With the approach ot fall, rats begin their migration back from the fields, reminds Oris Rudd, Marion county extension agent. They will be seeking any suit able shelter for the winter; open buildings. BikP? lumber, debris accumulations, inhabited houses; any place which offers protec tion. Now Is the time to take steps to rat-proof premises to keep these pests away. A good place to start is in recovering piles of junk. Burn trash and old, use less lumber. Next, rat-proof all buildings, including the house. By building them out and de stroying their favorite haunts you can discourage the build up of any great rat populations. Don't think that you're safe from a rat infestation just be cause you live in the city, Rudd cautions. The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimates that there are 50 million rats in city and towns as many as there arc on farms. Suburban residents, particular ly, will want to take steps to pre- panned vent rat infestations. If you have figuratively ate much of their miuaings wmcn cannui do rui- own pack. prootea, men li win oe aavisnoie to set out bait, as a control mca sure. Warfarin will control rats If properly distributed. An apple box turned over a bait container makes a good bait station; or a piece of drain tile with bait put inside: or simply lean a Hoard against a wall and place bait In side. The important thing Is to see that bait is placed In dark, secluded places where rats may feed undisturbed. Warfarin Is an accumulative poison so put out plenty of bait. Rats cost the people of the United States an estimated one billion dollars annually in food eaten and contaminated, and in damaged properly. No estimate has been made of the loss from rat-borne disease. A few dollars spent now for control can save many dollars in wasted and de stroyed property later, Gerlingcr employe who has been associated with the prune busi ness since 1911, relates that he has observed prunes dry 14 to 24 pounds on a 60 pound green basis during the past 40 years. In Gcrlingcr's modern, oil fired plant where a drying tempera ture from 170 to 175 degrees is maintained, 24 hours are rci quired to process prunes from a green to a dry stage. Production is about 10 tons of dried prunes dally. This Polk County dchydrator is not a custom dryer. At present about .50 pickers are employed In Gcrlingcr s orchards and 15 oth- ers operate his dchydrator. Blue Lake Packers, Inc. are now processing prunes along with other crops. Canned prunes of the Italian variety are not now called such by the Purple Plum Association of which Blue Lake is a member. Rather 24 northwest processors label their canned Italian prunes as "Purple Plums" and their label asserts that purple plums "cost less than any other canned fruit." Blue Lake is also pitting and freezing some Italian prunes. A first commercial planting of Italian prunes is attributed to Dr. J. R. Cardwcll of Portland who set out an orchard in 1871 and built a dryer. Between 1800 and 1900 prune orchards became popular among tree fruits and attained a peak in 1029 when some 186,000 tons were harvest ed. About one half of these were dried, the other half shipped to eastern centers. Canning prunes reaches size able proportions in 1019 and a peak in 1946 when 3,575,000 cases were packed. That year there was a great surplus of prunes and processors 13 Polk Farmers Sign for Soil Bank in 1st Week DALLAS Thirteen growers In Polk county had signed up for 246.5 acres of acreage reserve up to the first of this week the Polk county agent's office said Wednes day. The payments for these acre age reserves would amount to 96871.3. Last week a meeting was held here for those farmers in the county interested in the acreage reserve. Speakers at the meeting were Ted Dunwoodie, slate ASC office; and Arnold Bodtker, exe cutive secretory of tho stale ASC committee, who explained the acreage reserve program. Iff K. t'-yP 12 ML. A It ' ., ' ' . ..'.., . - i ' : J I. . .. t.' I . ;. I U ' ; r t 'vfU II i ..! iif rti iii i II . . 12 ' VAJ.UJJH I I I 1 1 IT mtiim' . I u mi mm. II f V. I f r.rt If AH II V v II PH V-;.: V v r i . . , ii H drpfnds on how they are processed to determine what the same fruit will be called when sold. Pictured at the top It a srene at the Gerlingcr dchydrator near Dallas where 10 tons of prunes dried by temperature up to 175 degrees, pass through the dchydrator every 24 hours. Below Is the processing line at Blue Lake Packers, Inc. in West Sn lem where the same fruit is canned1 and sold as "Purple Plums." (Capital Journal Photo). Adds Features Trophy Offered Best 50-Pound Sack Picked ';. Mechanically Two new features .have been added to the premium list for the 19th annual Marlon County Corn show to be held Saturday, Nov. 17, at Central Howell school. A trophy is to be awarded for the best 50 pound sack ot corn, mechanically picked and shelled from the 1956 crop. T. R. Hobart, chairman of the corn show com mittee, said this is designed to point up growing importance of marketing superior corn .with, me chanized equipment. Much ot this year's crop in Marion county will be harvested with specialized pick- er-shellers or adapted combine harvesters and then artificially dried for immediate sale. Busband, Wife Teams Husbands and wiles are to be given the opportunity to compete as a team in a new adult corn Judging contest. This is to be held during the evening following the dinner to be served by ladies of the Central Howell Farmers Onion auxiliary. The contest is open to city and country folks alike. Prizes will be merchandise such as corn flakes, karo, corn starch and other suitable products. More than 50 entries are ex pected In the corn yield contest which will De divided into irri gated and dryland divisions. Jun iors and adults are to compete separately, minimum acreage for juniors is one acre, aouiis musi grow at least S acres. Corn Prospects Good Hollis Ottaway, county "agent In charge of crops, said corn pros pects are a bit better than ordi nary with crop likely to mature about two weeks earlier than last year. Several new hybrid varieties have -been showing excellent adaptation to our conditions. Ten ear exhibitors will' again compete for the handsome trophy which goes with the sweepstakes award. Catalogues for the show are to go out in about two weeks. They will be available at the coun ty agent's otfice. Simazin Termed as 'Dream Weedicide Oregon, Washington Farmers Low in Development of Ponds WASHINGTON Ml - Despite a recent spurt, Oregon and Wash ington farmers have developed l?ss than a quarter the number ot fnrm ponds which the Soil Con servation Service (SCSI figures are necessary for proper conser vation. The agency's records show that Oregon farmers called for techni cal aid last year to build 221 ponds for livestock watering places, irrigation sources or to con Irol water runoff. It brought the ;otai number m the slate to 1,79 in ncignnoring Washington, an additional 118 ponds wore placed in service, bringing the slate's total to 1,115. In the two stales. This Includes tho regulation nnd improvement of all types of irrigation. In 19.W. SCS technicians cooper ated in improving water applica tion to 25,559 acres in Oregon nnd 18,604 acres in Washington. Last year they employed their services on 67.184 Oregon acres and on 101.3X6 acres in Washington. The improved water application program to date covers 141.102 acres in Oregon and 309,946 acres in Washington. Land on which SCS officials estimate there sill is need for the program covers 778.137 acres and 5"4,i9 acres in Oregon aim Washington, respectively. vit-Kun inniicrs insi year con By contrast, Oregon had only UTS j suited SCS also on leveling of 9,890 pmds in 1950 and Washington but I acres, largrlv lor irrigation liiir- 2,900 Cows Under Production Test by Marion County DHIA Two thousand nine hundred dairy cows were' on production test with the Dairy Herd im provement Association in Marion County. James Phillips, Silvcrton, presi dent of the association, says August production was down from July with the average cow pro ducing 736 pounds of milk and .14.4 pounds of butterfat. The 57 herds on standard test gave nearly two million pounds of milk and 45 tons of butterfat in August. Itncette Brothers' Holstein No. 20 was high milk producer, giving 2,640 pounds in 31 days. She made an oven 100 pounds of butterfat. Starlott, a milking Shorthorn in the C, J. Jorgenson herd at Jef ferson made 2,2.i0 pounds of milk 341. At the same time, however, SCS estimates there is a need tor 6.503 additional ponds in Oregon and for 3,664 more in Washington. The service also reported prog ress in its program lor improved water application on farm lands poses. During the same period vashington farmers sought ad vice for leveling 21.316 acres. SCS officials estimate the leveling pro gram still could be applied to 427. 007 acres in Oregon and 274,328 acres in Washington. Nolcs on the News o ; Z'-' i o Seed Fields Spray Urged Hatlail fescue and silver hnir- grnss arc the two big Marion county weed problems that a fall spray program will control says Million County r.xtcnsinn Agent Hollis Ottaway. Roth rnltnil and bairgrass arc troublesome chewings nnd creeping red fescue Holds and in bentgrass seed fields. The spray program will start in late September and continue through October 20. It is most im portant that sprays be made by the latter date. Late applications result in poor seed formation. Recommendations for the vari ous seed crops follow: Chewings lescue. 3 4 pounds of IPC between October 1 and October 20; Creep ng rod fescue. 3 4 pounds of IPC between Oct. 1 and Oct. 20. 2 pounds of Karmex DW be tween October 1 and October 31: Alia fescue, 3-4 pounds of IPC or Chloro IPC. or 2 pounds ot Knr mex DW between October 1 and Uaich party had the mink coal trouble? I'm for them." and 112.5 pounds o fat in August. Top Jersey in milk ' was Ginger in the William Vogt herd, Salem. She gave 1.767 pounds of milk and 93.5 pounds of fat. The heavy Guernsey milker was a grade' at Itacctle Brothers giving 1,710 pounds of milk and 79 pounds of fat. James Phillips drew high hon ors for high herd average. His 39 Jerseys averaged 55,4 pounds of tat and 1.015 pounds of milk in August. Felix Muller, Jefferson was second with six Jerseys mak ing 49.5 pounds of fat and 815 pounds of milk. Frank Grat- singer, Gervnis with 63 Jerseys average 46.8 pounds of fat and 818 pounds of 'milk. William Vogt, Salem was fourth. His 23 Jorsevs averaged 46.8 pounds of fat nnd 859 pounds of milk. Carrol Elli son, Mt. Angel was filth at 43.6 pounds for 18 cows and Mac- Laron School, Woodburn, and G. K. Austin, Aurora, each aver aged 43 pounds of fat. In addition to Phillips, Orval Rnwic, Jefferson and Van Flue Brothers at Silvcrton had over I. (XX) pounds of milk per cow fur the month. Fight cows produced over 100 pounds of fat each during the month. Fifty-seven cows were nhove 75 pounds of (at and 16 herds wore nbove (lie 40-pound fat average per cow. Planting Date Advice Given How late can I plant? This question is often asked at this time of year by farmers planting crimson clover and pas tures and . city folk planting lawns. Marion County Extension Agent Hollis Ottaway has this advice about dates for planting, i While crimson clover is often planted in late . August and through September, the better fields cc-me from the earlier plantings. Take a chance until tne tirst ot uctoner. Pastures are in the same cate gory. They need some warm growing weather before early fall frosts. Plant this month. Although lawns are planted at heavier rates and will withstand frosts somewhat better than field crops, plant that lawn now. A suggestion for field crops is to plant oals anytime, but wait until mid-October to plant wheat. The final ajjswer hinges on the weather. If y&u can foresee a late, mild winter, take a chance on a later date, the county agent concludes. . 5 Scientists Lost on Ice In Far North LONGYEAR CITY, Spitsbergen Norway -v Men and dogs searched Friday ,for five Russian and Scandinavian scientists lost on Vestfonna glacier in the arctic Spitsbergen Archipelago since Monday. The scientists, landed from the Russian expeditionary ship Ob, in clude Swedish mcteorologisf Erik Eriksson and geologist Walter Schitt and Norwegian meteorolo gist Nils Joergen Schumacher. The names of the Russians were not available. . The governor's office here said the scientists are lost somewhere on the wild Nordaustlandet sec ond largest island in the archi pelago near Murchison Bay. Bliz zard and fog has hindered the search party. The Norwegian state radio said a Russian helicopter had crashed while searching for the missing men, but that the crew was safely aboard the Ob. Report Given at Oregon State Field Day By CLAUDE STF.USI.OFF ranlial Journal Sneclal Writer KimiiTin a chemical weed killer manufactured by Geige of Switzerland, is "a dream weeai cide we probably will be hearing a lot more about" according to reports of preliminary trials made during the receni corn new unj at Oregon State college experi ment station. rrn fields treated the day fol- lowine Dlanting with 2 to 6 pounds per acre of the material are prac tically tree ot Doin weeus uu grasses and, what is more prom ising, the corn plants show greener color and more vigorous growth than plots treated with 9.4 n nnd other common killers. Small rates gave as good control as six pounds. Corn, Cotton immune Corn and cotton are the only two common plants which Sima zin will not Jiill and this peculiar, fortunate attribute may make it one of the most useful weed kill ers ever developed according to Hill r urug, uregon oiaie t-uneK farm crops specialist. It is the first chemical tested which will kill perennials and not annuals, other materials on the market do their duty the other way round, he stated. Chemically, Simazin Is related to amino-triazole. It does not af fect foliage but kills plant roots. -Wild oats, one of the 25 plants on which it was tested by Oregon State specialists, were killed at the ready-to-head stage. Not Available Now Geige of Switzerland is the same company which came out with D.D.T. Furtig said Simazin is not commercially available at present but the company is active in the weed killer field and will no doubt exploit the market if further tests do not bring out hid den defects. Introductory sales in Switzerland made costs $3 per acre where it was first used as a roadside weed killer. Geige con trols Simazin under international patents, Furtig stated. Many side ettecis sun musi oe double checked after this first year's trials. Use of it might not allow growth of a cover crop be cause chemical remains may act as a soil stcrilant. No informa tion is available as to the length of residual effect in the soil or in the edible part of plants grown with it. However, the company is said to have worked out a simple formula for testing crop residue which has, received approval of the U.S. -Food & Drug adminis tration. Dark color and vigor of corn which is striking in test plots may be due to killing of nematodes or other soil parasites, Furtig sug gested. In one trial, ryegrass and pig weed were liberally sown on the field but they failed to pro duce plants. Quackgrass and al falfa from a previous crop did apsear but the plants were spindly aad soon gave up the struggle for survival. Although 2,4-D is still the most widely used weedicide, it often gives brittle corn stalks and does not handle grasses very well. Furtig said middle west corn growers are finding that grass in corn fields is much more diffi cult to eliminate by cultivation than are broad-leafed weeds. Yield Trial Results Yield trials at the experiment farm indicate that 25,000 plants (spaced 6 inches apart in 39 inch rows) per acre dressed with 150 pounds of nitrogen gives the high est yield for river bottom areas where irrigation is available. R. E. Fore who is in charge of corn work said however this corn does not mature quite as early as when fewer plants and less nitrogen are used. The college corn was planted about May 1. It was given Wt inches of water on June 20; 2',-i inches in July and another 3 inches Aug. . 10. Fore said he thought another application dur ing July would have increased yields. He presented results of three year trials which emphasize the importance of keeping fertil ity in balance with water for high yields. Corn Breeding Important Corn breeding is an important part of the station corn program, 25,000 corn stalks are de-tasseled and capped with paper bags each season. In addition to mainte nance of the inbred lines for pro duction of the standard hybrid corn such as Oregon 355, Oregon 525, Oregon 150 and others, some 64 hybrids are being tested this year and will be harvested for grain' and silage yield. - Fore warned the group that corn stalk rot is becoming rather common in the valley. It causes the plant to wither and die pre maturely. Some varieties seem resistant, he noted. Some experimental work is be ing done with two open-pollenated varieties of popcorn, secured from a grower at Roseburg. Fore is inbreeding the two -and is in process of selecting for flavor and size. More Chickens Given Tests More chickens, but fewer turkeys. were tested under Oregon's poultry and turkey improvement program in July and August than in the same period last year. . Chickens and turkeys tested dur ing the two months this year totaled 125,815,' an increase of 23,060 over July and August, 1955. The testing breakdown was: chickens, 119,007, an increase of 24.451: turkeys, 6, 808, a decrease of 1,481. The new testing year began July 1. It is ures for the first two months in still too early to tell what the fig dicate a trend for the entire year. October 5 Set As Deadline For Soil Bank Applications will be accented from farmers for the acreage re serve of the soil bank until Oc tober 5 by the Marion county A.S.C. office. - Earl Johnson, office maniM. whose office is in the Marion county courthouse, says his office will be open from - 8 a.m. until noon and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday to assist farmers in signing-up for tha acreage reserve. The acreage reserve applies only to farmers with wheat allot ments who floreo In hlant n--t all of that wheat acreage to grass, sods, cover crop or summer-fallow so long as no harvest is taken from the land. Average wheat yield established for Mar ion County is 27.3 bushels but each farm has an average yield fieure which is available at th A.S.C office. This average per larm uines a ousnei is the return for soil bank participation. Conservation reserve sfgn - up will start October 1 and the aver age payment just announced for Marion Countv is $13 no lur .gnn. Contracts run from three to 15 years and eligible land is that wmcn was in crops other than wheat in 1956. Typhoon Hits Luzon Again MANILA 'un - Flood raim swept Luzon Island Friday as er ratic Typhoon Gilda, packing winds up to 130 miles an hour, slammed into the northern Phil ippines. The typhoon struck Luzon for the second time as reports from Sorsogon Province in southwest Luzon said 7 died, 20 were in jured and thousands were left homeless. Heavy property dam age was reported throughout Sor sogon. Gilda hit Sorsogon last Wednes day, veered out to the Pacific, changed course again and struck north Luzon and Batanes Island, Torrential rains fell in Manila and throughout Luzon. Gilda is the eighth typhoon to affect Luzon since Aug.. 1. tlECTRICITir is CHEAPER t BJ PORTLAND OINIIAt (KSfi HICTIMC COMPANY' '4yS Kadioinan Slays On Air 132 Hours MERCED, Calif. Ml A young Merced radio announcer Is claim ing a record for continuous broad casting 132 hours . . . 5'i days. Ken (Castaway) Collins. 24, of station KYOS slopped the mara thon radio show Wednesday night on the advice of physicians. He lost six pounds Station president Robert Garrett t'cloher 31; Rentgrass, 3-4 pounds ' said the- former record was 12 YUGO REFUGEES RESCUED VENICE. Italy Ml A Yugo slavia soldier, three civilians and a girl student were rescued last' night from a storm tossed rowboat in which they had fled from the Port-ot Pola. They were taken aboard an Italian mo torboot which found them in dis tress in high waves of the upper Adriatic. 'They asked for political refuge in Italy. Longshoremen Session Opens SEATTLE W A two-day meet ing of the Pacific Coast Federated Executive Board of the Interna tional Longshoremen's & Ware housemen's Union auxiliaries opened here Friday. One ot the speakers scheduled for Friday was Mrs. Hare! Mori, area director of the union's wel fare trust fund. The federation president is -Mrs, Valerie Taylor of North Bend. Ore. A meeting of the Paget Sound Council of the auxiliaries will be held Saturday. of IPC or Chloro ll'C between October 1 and October 31. or pounds of Karmcx DW dur ing thes ame period of time: and finally, Rluegrass, 2 pounds of Karmex DW between October 1 and October 31. BRITISH A-TESTS NEAR ADELAIDE, Australia i The Adelaide News said today Brit ain's now series of (our atomic tests is expected In becin tomor row if present favorable weather continues. The trsls at the New Maralinua proving ground have been delayed for a week by threat ening weather. hours, sot last month at Memphis, Tenn. Collins mostly played records. Fellow employes brought him food and liquids. A new museum in Bndderk, Nova Scotia contains many works of Alexander Graham Bell, in ventor of the telephone. Bcddcck was Bell's summer home. CHARLIE CHAN CHINESE MEDICINE AND HERB CO. NEW LOCATION SO. 12th AMI LESLIE 1195. LESLIE OFFICE HOURS Tues. and Sat. Only 9 a.m. 5 p.m. Phont 2-1830 8. B. FONG. HERBIST Greet SPRING in all its glory! Buy and plant nowl IMPORTED Jhs, DUTCH BULBS W Tulips Darwkl CoHtga Parrot Crocus tint Whit. Yallew Purplt 5 ...50. 10... 1 Fine Selection ... Top Quality Daffodils IS V.ri.ti.l ,.10' Up Hyacinths 7 N.rM VirialMt ICC $150 1 J I. I Di. 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