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HAVE A'O HOME Burlap Bags Mended, Put Back in Use By BEN MAXWELL Capital Journal Writer A burlap bag has no home. That was a comment of Charles Boyce, Aurora, whose business it is to acquire used burlap bags and repair and restore them in sound condition for ad ditional usage. . The business was started in 1954 with $1000 of borrowed capital and two employes. Now the firm has JO employes, handles about 75,000 bags a month and uses two trucks to dis tribute its reclaimed product into Oregon, Washington, Idaho and California. Used burlap bags, says Boyce, aro acquired from a num- -bcr of sources importers, farmers and mills. They are taken to the New Economy Records Set, Review Says Activity Jumps During 1956;, Employment Stays at Pcuk Economic activity sot now records in both the district and the nation during the clos' ing months of 1956 according to the January Issue of tne Monthly Review published by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Employment in the nation re mained at a peak level, and dis trict employment showed a less- than-seasonal decline in Novem ber. Retail sales during the Christ mas season exceeded last year's by a small margin. Bank loans rose in December, tut the district rise was much more moderate than that in the nation; and the post-holiday drop in District loans was larger than usual. Construction activity was vigorous, although residential housing and the lumber industry are not sharing in the boom. Raise Rates ' . As a result of the increase from J'i to 3 per cent in the maximum interest rales permitted on sav Ines deposits effective Jan. 1. 1957, Twelfth district banks hold ing more than 90 per cent of mem ber bank time deposits have raised their rates. Over 75 per cent of the time deposits in district member banks will now draw 3 per cent, and at least 17 per cent will earn 5.5 per cent. A substantial num ber of district nonmcmbcr banks have also raised their Intorcst rates paid on savings deposits, Another article based on Ihc Federal. Reserve System's mid- 1956 survey of agricultural loans reviews, the financing of farmers' current expenses by Twelfth dis trict commercial banks. The vol lume of loans for current operat ing and family living purposes and loans for the purchase of feed er livestock in this district has doubled since 1947 when the first lurvcy was taken, Gathered Info ' The survey gathered Information on several important characteris tics of these loans. Because the loan maturities wcro geared to the length of production periods, most current expense loans wcro for pe riods of one year or less. The size of loans varied widely, depending on the size and type of farm; but the largest average size loan out standing was to operators of meat animal farms. The average inter est rate on current expense loans In the district was 5.9 per cent. Among the factors which influ enced the interest rale paid were the size of the loan, the type of farm, and the tenure of the oper ator, that is, whether he is an owner-operator, a tenant, or landlord. About 9 per cent of Ihc loans were overdue or had been renewed be cause of unexpected circum stances. Jersey Wins Awnrd Observer Yvonne of Trcdcll, reg istered Jersey cow owned by James G. Phillips. Rt. S, Silver ton, has been, awarded a Ton of Gold Certificate. The cow produced 8,028 pounds butlerfnt, more than i ton, from 34.457 pounds of milk during a four year period. Aurora plant which once was a pickle factory and there arc cleaned, sorted, mended, baled and sold again to all sorts of con sumers in the market for burlap bags. It works out about like this for the purchaser: cleaned and repair ed burlap bags cost between $35 and 140 less per thousand than the new bags that soils for 20 to 25 cents each. All Sorts All sorts of bags come into the company 8 Aurora plant for clean ing and restoration; coffee bags from Brazil, cotton bags that go back to growers of beans and clover seed, hops sacks, potato nags, onion bags and, of course, the familiar burlap grain bag. Mrs. Joe Sonncn of Aurora and Edna Piepkc of Canby arc bag menders. They make bag patches with a hand machine that looks something like a Skill saw and cuts up to 30 bag patches at a time in any size and shape de sired. When the going is good, these menders can patch between 75 and 100 bags an hour. Alma Huff and Mayme Mitchell work in the bag cleaning department. They take burlap bags and hold them into an air suction chute that re moves chaff and debris that may be in the burlap. Other Employes Other employes of the plant work in the paper bag printing depart ment where used paper bogs bear ing no label nrc printed with the name of the firm to which they arc sold. Generally all burlap bags arc graded one, two, three and double print. The double print bag is one printed on both sides. Following the cleaning, sorting and mending process, burlap bags arc baled in hydraulic presses. Some purchas ers want 400 bags to the bale but the usual run of the trade settles for a 250 bag bale. Tho Rainbow Bridge which crosses the river gorso between the United Slates and Canada just below Niagara Falls is Hie eleventh bridge to cross there since the first one was opened in 1848. Their Job Is Mending Burlap Bags sip .,y I Farm Calendar March 2 Rabbit school for 4-H club members, leaders and par ents, OSC. 13-14 Annual Sale Cal-Orc Here ford Breeders, exhibit on 13(li. sale on 14th. 14-15 Statewide 4-H Tractor Tour, Portland. May 6-8 Oregon Cattleman's annual convention, Eugene. 7 Josephine Co. Looks to the Future Planning confer ence, 10 a.m. 17-18 Annual Oregon Home Ec. association meeting, Mar ion Hotel, Salem. June 2-5 4-H FFA Wheat League Show and Sale, The Dal les. 11-21 4-H Summer School, OSC. 24-26 Western Society of Crops Science annual meeting, OSC. 20-28 Eighth Annual Fertilizer conference of Pacific N. W Pcnson Hotel, Port land. 20-28 Pacific Brnnch, Entom ological Society of Amer ica, Multnomah Hotel Portland. Mt. Angel Cow Scls "New Marks A Ml. Angel registered Holstcin cow, Nuggctt Tritomia Florence Sesis 27131)08. has recently com pleted official records bringing her lifetime production totals lo more than 100,000 pounds of milk, i hc cow, owned by C. J. Bcrnin. Mt. Angel, produced 100,863 pounds of milk, and 4,134 pounds butter fat in 2,483 days on the official test. Wins Himself a Calf TO TV0 Bitty Gytlcsen, above, Is shown with the Jcrsev heifer calf which he won at Silverton rcccnllv. Shown In the photo with Billy is C. M. llrowncll, ninnnRcr of the Val ley Farmers co-op of .Silverton, who donated the calf from his herd. Hilly is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman (iydesen of Salem. (Capital Journal l'holo) Fed up wild feeding o Got Guzilerl Shoe Iced by high cor pricesf Tired of hunting ipoce lo park? Intelligent buyers are making Rambler fastest-growing in sales, because only Rambler gives you the room, comfort and performance of big costly cars, with easiest parking and top economy (coast-to-coast NASCAR record, 32 miles per gallon with overdrive). It's lowest-priced of all, first in trade-in value. Fun-test a Rambler V-8 or 6, Go Rambler Shown above are Edna Piepke of Canby and Mrs. Jos eph Sonncn of Aurora. They are burlap bag menders. In this picture they arc working on coffee bags from Santos, Brazil. Coffee bags arc only one of many differ ent types that arc repaired at Aurora. When these bags arc repaired, they will be used by an Oregon firm man ufacturing mill run feed. (Capital Journal Photos) NOT RANKED IN ORDER Capizzi Tells State's 10 Worst Insect Pests Oregon's most important crop and forest insect pests last year, picked on the basis of the import ance of the pest rather than the crop affected, were named this week by Joe Capizzi, survey ento mologist with the state depart ment of agriculture. No attempt was made to rank the pests in order their impor tance. In a second 10, he named insects or insect groups which he rates as most important to "man, ani mal and household." In the crop and forest list, (he alfalfa weevil, mountain pine beetle and onion maggot replace root weevils, grasshoppers and the Douglas fir beetle which appeared on the 1955 "important pest" roll call. The agricultural pest list In cludes: Alfalfa weevil, aphids, cherry fruit fly, codling moth, mites, mountain pine beetle, on ion maggot, pear psylla, spruce budworm, and symphylids. The top 10 pests of man, ani mal and household, again not in order of importance named by Capizzi arc: Cattle grubs, mos quitoes, earwigs, houseflics, ter mites, roaches, primarily the German voriety, sheep ked. nor thern fowl mite and cattle lice. Hop Acreage Drops in Ore. Statistics on hop production and acreage in the Northwest states and California released recently show the acreage in Oregon in 1956 and declined to 3,800 acres down 100 acres from the previous year. Oregon's top year for acre age was m 1935, when there was a total of 26,000 acres. The figures showed Washington to be the leader in acreage of hops with a total of 13,300 acres, though it has declined from its peak year, when there were 15,300 acres. This was in 1951. That also was the peak acreage year for the state of California, which at that time had 9,500 acres of hops. The state of Idaho had its top year in 1956, when there was 1,800 acres. This was 200 acres more than in 1955. In 1956 the four states produced a total of 38,383,000 pounds of hops with Washington being the biggest producer with 22.876,000 pounds. Oregon, had 4,788,000 pounds; Cal ifornia 7,155.000 pounds and Idaho 3.564.0O0 pounds. Top production year for the four states in pound age was in 1951, when the total was 63,239,000 pounds. Capital A. Journal Mitl-Willamette TO Tuesday, Feb. 26 ARMS HENRY CLAY NOTED AS BREEDER Hereford Wheel Complete Full Revolution in Year '56 By CLAUDE STEUSLOFF Capital Journal Writer The Hereford cattle wheel of history completed a full revolution this year when the first shipment of Polled Hercfords left tho U. S. bound for England. Herefords originated in England many years ago as a beef cattle breed having horns on both bulls and cows. They were imported to the V. S. 140 years ago, Henry Clay, noted Kentucky statesman, being one of the early breeders in this country. Basic Breed on Ranches As the range country of western U. S. opened up during the '80s Herefords were the basic breed on the great cattle ranches. Their husky horns were useful weapons for protection against predators. A favorite ranchhouse picture of earlier days showed a lone Here ford -cow with long, sharp horns defending her small calf against a menacing ring of wolves with evil eyes and dripping fangs. Civilization came to the cattle business, fecdlots supplemented the open ranges and owners soon realized that wide horns did not 4-H Enrollment Completed in Polk Polk county has completed en rollment for 4-H clubs, with the enrollment of 417 members, the largest in the history of the county. Last year there was a total of 359. Twenty-three clubs were organized this year. Plans were made recently for completing the county 4-H health program with the Dallas May fest ival, tentative date for which is May 11. Health posters will be judged at that time and the county health contests held. Foods ad clothing club members will akv display their exhibit at this time and there judging and demonstra tion contests will bo held. make for close harmony. Angry and frustrated animals used sharp horns to gouge each other in the bebf steak and choice meat on many prime ribs was raked to the bone by the time cattle reached the killing floor. Careful cowmen cut down horn stab losses by the obvious method of cutting off the horns. But this necessitated handling the aminals, was a rough game for both cows and cowboys and at best was a messy business with some loss of time and tissue. Confab Topic to Be Ag Production Future development of Polk county's 11 million dollar agricul tural production and what it means to business development of the county will be stressed at the county-wide outlook and planning conference February 27 at 10 a.m. at the Majestic theater, Dallas. The meeting is open to all resi dents of the county. Joe Harland is chairman of the planning council, which has 11 committees consider ing the future development of agri culture, home living, youth and many allied activities. According to genetic laws, a polled (hornless) calf occurs once in about 20,000 matings of horned cow and bull. But once the horn less characteristic shows up it is dominant over the horns, a bull pure for the polled or hornless character, mated lo any number of horned cows, produces naturally polled calves. Herd Formed In 1900, Warren Gammon of Iowa, sent inquiries to all Hereford cattle breeders in America asking for naturally hornless cattle. From those located, 3 bulls and 8 cows were selected as foundation animals for a new Polled Hereford breed. The latest tally shows that more than 14 million Polled Here fords have now been registered. Ouring the past summer, 3 En glish cattle breeders traveled 7,500 miles and visited 41 Polled Hereford ranches in this country as they purchased 21 animals for establishing a foundation of Polled Herefords back in the old country. They required that animals traca at least 14 times to Polled ancestry. So, at long last, though they havt lost something in the journey, Herefords have returned home from the U. S. sBgKESQ Real Buys in Glass for TUB ENCLOSURES FURNITURE TOPS 2 ways to protect and beautify your home during our FEBRUARY SALE VVtst nafy V ook... NOW... YOUR CHOICE OF THRE COLORS FOR YOUR FIRST NATIONAL CHECKBOOKSI You may choose blue, green, or red in either of two styles . . . handy wallet style or neat folding snap cover. Open your First National check ing account today. Get the check book of your color-choice. And, as always, enjoy the convenience of First National's personalized checks, with your name and address printed FREE on every check! 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