Salem, Oregon, Friday,
Better Wheats Eyed
In OSC Expe riments
Milling Quality
Object of
Tests
Helping plant scientists select
nd develop new wheat varieties
with superior milling qualities is
the goal of i four-year study un
der way at the Oregon State col
lege agricultural experiment sta
tion. Th stiiHt. lnlIIAA. u
on a ouick. in-vn-niiv- u.ou i
theek milling oisalitv of u.ht i
Plant scientists need some way
Jo easily determine milling qua
lily of wheat lines used in breed
ing experiments in order that
only wheats with desirable mill
ing qualities are used as parent
stock, according to Wilson Foote,
OSC agronomist heading up the
study. Present methods of deter
mining milling quality require a
fairly large amount of wheat, and
are expensive and time consum
ing to run.
Foote reports that studies at
the USDA western utilization
SciubsT
Record for
Enrollments
Oregon 4-H clubs have wound up
another successful year with 27,590
youngsters enrolled in clubs to set
an all-time high in 4-H membership
records.
Burton Hutton, stale 4-H exten
sion leader at Oregon State col
lege, announced that last year's
Increase exceeded the 27.355 mark
set in 1950, making it the largest
enrollment in the 42 years of Ore
gon club history.
During the year, members en
rolled in 39,118 projects choosing
from 24 subjects under home eco
nomics, agriculture and related
fields. Clothing, foods, livestock
and forestry were most popular
projects among Oregon members.
Mainstays of the 4-H program
are. the volunteer leaders, parents
and exlension workers who un
selfishly guide boys and girls. Hut
ton said. More than 4000 adults led
clubs in locnl communities during
the year. The state 4-H leader also
commended business, civic and
professional organizations and a
gencies that support the program
and recognize its leaders.
As organization of 4-H clubs got
underway this month, goals for
1956-57 program were outlined.
They include more intensive train
ing, explanation of project material
to 4-H extension workers and the
training of junior leaders. Junior
leaders arc club members. 14 or
older, who assist in developing club
programs. Almost 1.000 of them
organized new clubs, recruited
members, trained demonstrators
and served as comp counselors
last year in the stale.
Oregon club work was organized
In the early 1900 s through schools
In Benton, Yamhill and Polk
counties. In 1914. 4-H club work
became a part of the cooperative
1 000 of them '
extension service at OSC. Today
sponsoring agencies are the depart-1 with a yield boost of around 40
mcnt of agriculture, OSC and theSacks per acre more than from
county courts. untreated plots. Cost was held
Boys and girls, who arc 9 to 21 jt0 a00ut j40 an acre and the final
years of age, living on farms and; gra(jing o( potatoes from the
in cities arc eligible to join 4-H trcatpd piots snouid show an
clubs. County extension offices arc AAn h;anAt- "not" viiH inPnaeo
Cherry Herd
Testing Told
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Annnunccmcnt has been received
from the Holstein-Friesian Asso-
ciation of America of the cnmple-1
tion of a lactation average by the j
registered Holstcin herd belonging i
to Helen M. Cherry and Harold M. I
Cherry of Salem.
The herd's 12 cows averaged
14.026 lbs. of milk and 560 lbs. of
butterfat on a two milkings a day
305 day mature equivalent bas
is. Testing of the herd was super
vised by Oregon state college ana
the record is a part oi me nern
imprnvemeni negisiry prugian u. . Tasle.lests of poatocs 8rWn
the Holstein-Friesian Association : , d soj, wer. ,ound ,
of America, Bratt lebnro V . The, o((.navors b the osc ,
program provides indiv di al lacla- ,, , dcparlm(,nt , chom.
rVonV'
cow in the herds enrolled. Such! All trials were carried on co
records are valuable tools in the ; opera Uvely with A. E (,ro5 s in
constant selection of individuals. I penntendent of the OSC Klamath
families and bloodlines which must I experimental area, and Walter
accompany a successful dairy cat- Uendrzejewski, Klamath county
tie breeding program. 'extension agent.
Notes on
'I'd hi" PMel that lest It
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October 19, 1956
laboratory, Albany. Cal.. have ln
,(1icated that differences in mill
ing quaiuy neiween wneat van
etici may be perdicted by the
differences in the amount of
pentosan a chemical compound
louna In wheat kernels that can
be extracted from wheat kernels
with an acid.
Following this lead, the pres
ent study will try to simDlifv the
acid-extracting process and work
out a. simple method for routine
examination of large numbers of
samples. The new method will be
us?d to chl! the acid-extract-
able pentosan content of a large
number of wheat varieties, and
the pentosan values obtained will
then be compared to the actual
milling qualities of these varieties
to establish whether pentosan
count actually does indicate mill
ing quality.
About too spring wheat vari
eties were grown near Pendleton
this year and will be checked this
winter, Foolc says. And over 200
winter wheat varieties have been
planted this fall for lest next
year. In addition, crosses have
been made between good and
poor milling wheats to study the
inheritance of pentosan content.
The study is being supported
by a $22,000 grant from the west
ern utilization branch of the
USDA agricultural research ser
vice. Working on the study with
Foote are Paul Weswig, agricul
tural chemist at OSC and Charles
linhtle, agronomist at the Pen
dleton branch experiment sta
tion. Soil Fumigant
For Potato
Fungus Found
A new soil fumigant that can
control a serious fungus disease
of potatoes and deal a death
blow to several weeds on the side
has proven successful in two
years of trials carried out by Ore
gon State college scientists.
Experiments on the Clarence
Hill farm, near Klamath Falls,
showed that potato yields could
be increased four times by using
a liquid fumigant named Vapam,
and that results would carry over
into the next year. Roy Young,
OSC plant pathologist,' used the
fumigant at the rate of 190
pounds per acre in 1955, and
came up with a yield of 160
sacks per acre irom the fumi
gated land compared to 40 sacks
per acre from untreated land.
Yields in the area were low due
to frost injury.
Carry-over benefits, with no ad
ditional treatment, gave an addi-
Ilonal yieia doosi or ou sacxs oi
puiaiucs ini& year. Ana in au
dition to controlling the fungus
disease, the chemical was highly
effective against pigweed, lambs
quarter, and several grasses.
In an attempt to lower fumi
gation costs, Young planted pota
toes this year on land treated
with just 40 pounds per acre of
the fumigant and still came up
due to better sized potatoes.
Young says the soil-borne fun
gus disease, known as "early
maturity diseases," has been a
special problem in the light, san-
dy soils found in potato-growing
areas of Orr-eon. Idaho. Washine-
ton and California. Disease symp-
lms are yellowing usually by
mid-August and dying of plants
soon after. Both total yields and
"sizing" of potatoes to pass grade
are seriously reduced.
The liquid fumigant
was ap
plied with a special subsoil in
jector developed by O. E. Page,
OSC agricultural engineer, and
Harold Jensen, nematologist.
Sprayed into the soil about 10
davs before planting time, the
liquid turns to gas and moves out
of ,he soil ahca(i o(
planting
flcr dojng ils job
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tractor motor with cylinder head removed. In lower photo, officers
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Tom Frith, treasurer; John Roth, vice-president; Rrn Cummins',
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Condemned Deary Container
Rules Explained by State
nH-ipri rreulalions for the iden
tification of condemned dairy con
tainers were set up recently by
the foods and dairies division of1
the state department of agricul
ture.
l-nder these regulations, depart
ment condemned milk, cream and
frozen dessert mix cans over one
gallon capacity must be identified
in two manners. First, by attach
ing to the container a department
tag which tells the reason for con
demnation. Second, by punching a
one-eighth inch in diameter in the
uppermost edge of the pouring hp
of the container.
Other fluid milk or dairy pro-
ducts containers such as farm milk
tanks, milk tank trucks, milk stor
age tanks, pasteurizing vats, cheese
vats, butter churns, butter tubs
and cheese hoops which are con
demned now will be identified by
an attached department tag telling
the reasnn for condemnation,
After repair, condemned contain
ers may be released for use by
Foresters Slate
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stale court of the Catholic Forest
ers will meet in Mount Angel Nov.
4. according to nnnounccmcnl
j made at the Oct. 12 business
merting of St. Marys court, held
in the school meeting room here.
Highlight of the business meet
ing was installation of officers, by
field representative Don
ald Orange.
Ray T e r h a a r and Joseph
Schmidt were appointed on a com
mittee to make arrangements lor
a dance to be sponsored by the
Foresters in the near future.
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lease of condemned containers
which have been repaired applies
to the punched hole in the pouring
lip of these containers. This hole
must be filled at time of repair in
a manner which leaves a reason
ably smooth surface.
The department condemns con
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of dirt, rust, open seams or other
conditions which might contami
nate fluid milk, milk or dairy pro
ducts and make them unfit for
human use or consumption.
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Roadside Produce Business
Launched from Small Start
by Cl.AUDK STl'HSI.OFF
Capital Journal Writer
Thanksgiving food buyers will
find Willamette valley fruits and
vegetables at their best after this
year's splendid growing and har
vesting season according to J. C.
Theadore, owner of Green Apple
Market, 5005 Portland road, Sa
lem. Prices generally arc about
steady with last year.
Theadore buys 75 percent of
the produce sold at his thriving
roadside stand direct from farm
ers in this vicinity. During 1955
he sold 6,000 bushels of apples
and 185 tons of potatoes along
with quantities of other farm
goods.
Business Enlarged
A man who likes apple pie,
Theadore picked the name for his
market because it seemed fresh
and appealing. He started busi
ness in 1945 wiih three boxes of
his home-grown apples sold from'
a wheelbarrow along the road
side. Thf following year a small
sale shed was put up. Year by
year this has been enlarged. It
now includes a sizeable refriger
ator room. Busiest time of the
year is during peach and apricot
canning season when four clerks
are employed.
Tourists made up 85 percent
of the customers when the stand
first opened. Nowadays 85 per
cent of the patrons arc local
folks and tourist trade is inci
dental. Theadore says the change
has been gradual but steady, re
sulting from the demand by Sa
lem people lor farm fresh pro
duce. Quality and price, each sepa
rately, account for most sales but
attractive displays alio help,
Theadore staled. Some custom
ers insist on quality, some bar
gain hunters look for culls priced
cheaply. Variety names such as
Elherta peaches, Gravcnstcin ap
ples and Winter pears have giv
en satisfaction for years and still
have many steady customers des
pite good supplies of newly im
proved varieties not so well
known.
Suggest Specialization
Theadore suggests that Willam
ette valley farmers specialize on
a few products rather than try
ing to grow many crops to take
advantage of the safety offered
by diversification. Though most
any crop can be grown here,
greater quality and in tho long
run more profit will result if in
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Farm Bureau
Plans Awards
Recognition or the Oregon
Farm Bureau Federation of 30
years of service to Oregon agri
culture will be given to 18 staff
members of Oregon State Col
lege. The awards are given an
nually to. those who are outstand
ing in their contribution to farm
ing in the state and who have
been active in the fields of re
search, extension work and voca
tional agriculture for 30 years or
more.
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hold during the annual meeting
of the Oregon Farm Bureau Fen
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vember 9.
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presented a blue and gold pin in
scribed with the words, "Serving
Agriculture 30 Years," calling at
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industry.
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honored arc: O. M. Nelson, Cor-
vallls, animal husbandry; R, H.
Robinson, Laguna Reach, Calif.,
agricultural chemistry; W. J. Gil-
more, Riverside, Calif., agricul
tural engineering; H. A. Scullen,
Corvallis, entomology; R. S.
Bcssc, Corvallis, administration,
experiment station; A. G. B. Bo
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w, L. Powers, Boise, Idaho, soils;
C. V. Ruzck, Corvallis, soils;
G. G. Brown, Hood River, Hood
River branch station; LeRoy
Chillis; Hood River, Hood River
branch station; F. C. Rcimer,
Medford, Southern Oregon branch
experiment station; G. B. Thomp
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G. A. Mitchell, Athena, Sherman
branch station.
Active staff members with 30
or more years of service also to
receive the recognition are; W.
Wray Lawrence, Corvallis; agri
cultural economics marketing;
J. Roland Parker, Roscburg, coun
ty extension agent; and Harry A.
Schoth, Corvallis, USDA agronomist.
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and soil are adapted,
This, he feels, is the pricinpal
advantage the Yakima valley
holds over this area. Closer grad
ing and superior quality are
found in Yakima apricots, canta
loupes, peaches, potatoes and to
matoes. Peaches from The Dalles,
apples and pears from Hood Hiv ,
er and Hcrmiston w-terncnj ,,'
are also superior In Theadirc'a
opinion. He makes occasional
truck trips to these districts to
supplement local supplies for the
stand.
Theadore believes there is an
opportunity for expansion In
growing red potatoes locally.
Bliss triumph and Pontiac vari-,
eties have doic well here. Thera ,
is also need for more lettuce in ' ?
fresh trade. High quality sweet"1
corn is always in demand. Though
he sold 4,000 pounds of straw- '
berries last season he could easi ' 1
ly have sold more of them, had '
good quality, fresh, ' unstemmed
berries been available. v'
Scarcity Created
Scarcity creates demand In the : 1
fresh fruit and vegetable trade
and when certain products are
high In price they often sell in
greater quantity than when val
lues arc low. Last summer dur
ing the potato shortage, Theadore '
was selling 500 sacks of 50 "!;'
pounds each per week. Now, ';
when price Is only ',i as high, ''
sales have dropped to only 150
bags per week. Many sales at 'y
roadside stands are in bulk, he ' 1
explained. ' "
Most farm produce keeps best , ,'
when stored in a cool, dry place, v
if refrigeration is available lt!
should be used. Theadore stated. J
Apples should have plenty of air
and will stand temperatures as "
low as 20 degrees. Potatoes keep
best at temperatures which flue-. -
luatc very little and they will
freeze at 30 degrees. Potatoes .
should be boiled slowly to pre- . '
vent breaking up. "don try to : .
cook them too fast," Theadore ad-
vises. !'
Basket fruits such as berries.''
peaches and apricots are easiest
to sell at the Green Apple. Ai- f
plea are the fr.vorite trade item '
because they keep well, there is
little loss Irom storage. For per
ionnl consumption Theadore leans
toward peaches, apricots and
apples in that order. And break
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