It’s berry time once again
The fresh berry season has a
breathless quality about it. In
the space of a few weeks, many
types of berries move in and out
of season. Strawberries are first
and then alert shoppers watch
for red raspberries, loganber
r ie s, b la ck ra sp b e r r ie s,
boysenberries, youngbernes,
and evergreen blackberries
which come in rapid and
overlapping succession.
Selection and Storage:
When selecting fresh berries,
look for berries that are firm
with a fresh glossy color. They
should be free from dirt, mold
and moisture. Seeds should be
small and berries plump with
no caps. Caneberries with caps
attached are likely immature.
Berries are very perishable.
Handle with a light touch and if
possible, use on the day
purchased. If storing, remove
any damaged berries and place
others in a shallow container.
Cover loosely with waxed
paper and refrigerate. Wash
berries quickly just before
using. Juices are lost if berries
are left standing in water.
Following is a list of berries
grown in the Oregon. All can be
frozen. All can be made into
jam-type products, syrups, or
juices and, of course, all of
them are delicious eaten fresh,
or made into pies and cobblers.
Blends of tart and sweet berries
are particularly interesting.
Most of the following berries
can be purchased or picked at
Sandy, Oregon or The Dalles:
Berry and approximate dates
o f availability
Aurora Blackberry (June 15-
July 10)— Flavorful, shiny,
black, elongated, soft, juicy
berry. Has thorny trailing
canes.
Loganberry (June 20-July
10)—Tart, flavorful, dark red
berries which are elongated,
soft and juicy. Thornless
delicate trailing canes with pale
green foiliage.
Red Raspberry (June 25-July
20)—Flavorful. Rounded to
conical red berry with hollow
center. Stiff upright canes.
Santiam Blackberry (June 25
- Julv . 25) — Tart and
flavorful. Small, shiny, black,
so ft iuicv berrv. Slender very
thorny trailing canes.
G o ld en /y ello w raspberry
(July 1-July 20)—Like red
Advance state fair
tickets available
Oregon 4-H activities reach $3.00 each. In addition to a
their climax each year with savings of 50c, each advance
exhibits of handiwork and ticket sold through 4-H
showing o f livestock and provides a 50c donation to the
garden products at the Oregon Oregon 4-H Foundation.
State Fair in Salem. This year’s
The nonprofit 4-H Founda
fair is August 28 through
tion provides private dollar
September 7.
Advance discount tickets to support to the state’s largest
the 1981 State Fair are being youth program. Income from
sold through the Warm Springs donations and promotions
Extension office located in the such as the State Fair ticket sale
Old Administration building. provide the necessary private
Fair goers can save 50c per money needed to make Oregon
ticket by purchasing their 4-H one of the state’s most
tickets in advance from 4-H. outstanding youth programs.
The regular priced $3.50 tickets Call 553-1161 ext. 238 for more
are good any day and sell for information.
Get ready for the
Great Chili Cook-off
Chili-cooking talent may the team declaring why their
pay off during The Great ch ili is great; (3) A theme in
decoration o f the booth,
Northwest Chili Cook-off to
be held on October 10 at the costume and cheers must be
Portland Zoo. A $500 cash maintained during the cooking
prize will be awarded to the demonstration. (4) The team
winning four-member team must consist of a cook and
which entertains the audience three assistants. The team can
best and produces the tastiest have up to 15 people in the
cheering section, five of whom
chili.
The chili must be o f the must present a special chili
authentic Texas variety with no cooking song and/ or cheer.
The winning team of the
beans or spaghetti, beef being
the main ingredient. This is chili cook-off, besides gaining
understandable since the event in cash will, have the chance to
is sponsored by the Oregon attend the World Champion
Journal and the Oregon Beef sh ip C h ili C o o k - o f f at
Council for the benefit of the Terlingua, Texas sponsored by
the Chili Appreciation Society
Portland Zoo.
Showmanship is a main International on the first
ingredient to creating the chili Saturday in November.
Registration may be made by
and judges will keep that in
mind during the contest. The submitting a form which can be
rules for the cook-off can be obtained through the Oregon
obtained from the Oregon Journal Office located at 1320
Broadway St. in Portland,
Journal.
They are as follows: (1) The Oregon 97201. The last day to
chili must have a name and the register in August 31. Further
recipe must be included: (2) A information can be obtained by
..,
statement must be written by calling 221-8544.,
raspberry, but generally milder
and more crumbly.
Black raspberry (also known
as “Blackcap”) (July 1-July
20)— Highly flavorful, shiny,
black, rounded berry with
hollow center. (Often used for
vegetable dye). Stiff arching
thorny purple canes.
Cascade blackberry (July 5-
July 25)— Flavorful. Small,
red, slightly soft, juicy berry.
Thorny slender trailing canes.
Youngberry (July 5-August
5)/B oysen b erry (July 10-
A u g u st 1 0 )— L ow a c id ,
fla v o r fu l. L a rg e, sh in y ,
blackberries are both elongated
and plump. Thorny, slender,
light green trailing canes.
Marion blackberry (July 15-
August 15)—Tart, flavorful.
Shiny, black, small berries.
Thorny trailing canes.
E v e r g r e e n b la c k b e r r y
(August 15-September 15)—
Low acid, a mild flavor. Shiny,
black, firm, conical berry.
Thornless, heavy trailing canes
(wild variety has thorns).
Highly indented dark green
foliage.
Fall-berring red raspberry
(August and September)—
Like July red raspberry.
Hay available
Those of you in need o f hay
may want to check local
supplies and prices before
buying off the reservation.
This year a number o f new
plantings of hay have been
establish which w ill give
livestockmen an additional
source of hay.
Check with J.P. Patt for
alfalfa and grass straw; Maxine
and Mike Clements for orchard
rass and clover and Buford
ohnson for barley hay. None
of the growers have quoted a
price as yet. So you may want
to check around for going
rates. From all indications hay
prices will be lower than last
year.
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Notice to horse owners:
C oggins test requ ired fo r in terstate travel
R ecen t ch an ges in an
interstate agreement between
Oregon and Washington over
testing o f horses for the
presence of equine infectious
anemia (ElA) may affect you.
Until recently, the two states
had agreed that no coggins
testing was necessary for
transport of animals across
their common boundary.
That agreement is no longer
in affect.
This means that if you are
planning to transport a horse
cross the border of Washington
and O r e g o n — in e a r lie r
direction—your animal must
have a certificate no older than
six months which states that
the horse is Coggins negative.
The reason for the change
relates to the outbreak of the
disease here on the Warm
Springs Reservation, where a
quarantine is in effect for
reservation horses and a
Coggins test is required to leave
the reservation.
Washington state officials
determined that the agreement
with Oregon would no longer
be in effect and ordered testing
for animals entering their state,
terminating the equal status
a g reem en t. T h is a c tio n
a u t o m a t ic a lly tr ig g e r e d
Coggins testing o f horses
moving both directions.
Coggins testing has been
r e q u ir e d fo r in t e r s t a t e
shipment of horses moving
both directions involving other
neighboring states for several
years.
Testing of animals is done by
c o n t r a c t in g y o u r lo c a l
veterinarian, or the Extension
office who will obtain a blood
sample and submit it to the
O r e g o n D e p a r tm e n t o f
Agriculture for testing.
This change in agreements is
especially important to persons
moving horses to and from
rodeos, sales and breeding
facilities.
This change will remain in
effect for some time.
The caffeine story
Take the sugar out o f my
cereal, but do not touch the
caffeine in my coffee! As a new
hit song would say—what is the
morning without “a cup of
am bition?” C affeine is a
member of a family of chemical
compounds called Xanthines.
The most common sources are:
coffee, cola drinks (at present a
soft drink can not be called a
cola unless it contains caffeine,
tea, chocolate, cocoa and
ca ffein e c o n ta iin g drugs
(Anacin, Excedrin, No-Doz).
In line with gas guzzling,
Americans comsume !4 o f the
world’s coffee; per capita
consumption of cola is greater
then 30 gallons per year.
S tu d ies sh ow th at at
moderate levels of intake, ie 1-2
cups of coffee, work efficiency
increases. How does this brew
pry our eyes open in the
morning? Within minutes of
ingestion, caffeine enters all
body tissues and organs. It
stimulates the central nervous
system, the heart muscle,
gastric acid secretion and
kidney • excretion; it dialates
blood vessels, relaxes smooth
muscles and increases the basal
metabolic rate 10-25%.
At high doses, over 5 cups,
less beneficial symptoms may
occur, such as: nervousness,
irritability, insom nia, GI
d is tu r b a n c e s and h eart
p alpitations. T hose m ost
sensitive to caffeine’s effects
are: the elderly, children and
a d o lescen ts,p reg n a n t and
lactating women, those with
heart disease, hypertension or
emotional illnesses. The effect
is dependent on body weight. A
12 oz cola could have the same
effect on the young child as 4
cups of coffee on the adult. In
pregnancy, caffeine enters the
blood stream of the fetus in the
same concentration as in the
mother’s blood. In animal
studies, the caffeine in 5-6 cups
of coffee has been associated
with an increase in birth defects
and reduced fertility. Caffeine
also appears in breast milk.
S in c e th is s tim u la n t is
associated with nervousness,
insomnia and anxiety, people
with emotional illnesses may
worsen their symptoms by
ingesting coffee. Individuals
have been treated for anxiety
when they were actually over
consuming caffeine.
Caffeine can supply relief
from momemtarv fatigue and a
good cup o f coffee is often the
“high” of the day. It is still a
drug however, and its use may
need to be restricted to less than
200 mg per day. This is
dependent on the strength of
the brew, the length of time
brewing and the cup size. Since
1657 coffee has been the
“...little bean which, is the
source of happiness and wit.”
Perhaps we need to look deeper
for these qualities in ourselves.
Sources of Caffeine
Chocolate, small — 26 mg.
Cocoa, 5 oz.— 13 mg.
Coffee, 5 oz—65-124 mg.
Decaffinated, 5 oz.—3
Instant. 5 oz.—66 mg.
Cola, 12 oz.—45-65 mg.
Tea — 45 mg.
Excedrin, Anacin — 32 mg.
N o -D o z»— 100-200 mg.