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i X Orchard Park Farms Section 8 Pages RIBUNE Orchard Park Farms Section 8 Pages Thirty-First Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1936. No. 123. JV em UM IB JL Latest Equipment Is Featured In Plant Of Orchard Park Farms, Inc. OF T Orchard Park, Farms, Inc., Turning Out 5500 to 6000 Packed Boxes Daily ' , Efficiency Is Watchword Completed t a coat of $25,000, the new packing plant of orchard Park Farms, Inc., ppened last week and la now running at full capacity on hurry-up orders of pear shipments. The plant, located near the Voor hies crossing three miles south of the city on the Pacific 'highway, Is em ploying between 185 and 200 people, and Is turning out between 5500 and 6000 packed boxes a day.' "Walter H. Leverette, president of the company, stated yesterday that the big unit, running two graders, has functioned flawlessly since ' the day It was opened. Most of the plant ta entirely new with the exception of . the shell of the shed, which was built several years ago by prank Wortman and later bought by L. A. Banks, although It had never before been used for fruit packing. Modern System s Modernism Is the keynote of the unit, with the fruit brought directly onto the loading platform In the rear, in trucks. Prom there It Is wheeled to the sorting belts and the washers, moving down the graders Into the packing bins. New overhead trams carry the boxes directly to the Modern Fruit Packing .House Now in Operation at Voorhies Crossing Near Medford u. - I1 , l 1 I (i 3 The newly equipped and thoroughly modern packing plant of (he Orchard Park Farms, Inc., Is lorn ted on the CrnsHfng. In the picture above Is eh own the packing houw. with office hulldlnjc at right, and employes' automobiles and tlon to being on the highway, the parking Hiium Is served by a spur track connertlng with the main line of the Southern Pacific highway a few miles south of Medford at Voorhies an Incoming truckload or fruit In the foreground. In addl Paolflo railroad. packers, minimizing effort In getting the fruit packed. - Still running In a straight line down the center of ths building, the packed fruit la weighed, lidded by an automatic Udder, and moved out the front door onto waiting trucks or cut the side door Into refrigerator cars. The direct movement through the building, with conveyors and tramways substituted for hand truck lng In every possible way, has given remarkable .efficiency, Leverette said. Fruit From 17 Orchards The new packing house will handle the fruit from 17 orchards either owned or operated by Orchard Park Farms, Inc. Orchard Park ranch, with 160 acres, will be one of the largest producers, with the Royal Orchard tract, of 170 acres, also heavy. Other orchards either owned or operated by the corporation will be: Homecrest, Lone Oak, Mary Mac, Jake Brown, Boxy Ann, Grown Point, Royal, Myers Lane, and others. Luvcrotte stated that some outside fruit will probably be packed. AH of the produce of the house will ' be marketed under the "Sun Sugared' label. J. O. Barnes (who with his son Charles, owns the Sunny Slope orchard) and Leverette coined the catchy name last winter,' and collaborated in having it copyrighted, not only for fresh fruit but for can ned goods as well. The Sunny Slope pears will be packed at the new plant. Leverette stated that about fifty percent of the pears packed will be for the export market and shipped by Sam Birch Co., Inc., from Port land. The remainder, for domestic consumption, will be handled by the Thurston Fruit company In New York City. Improvements on the Orchard Park ranch were started last year when Leverette purchased the five-block traot from the Pepper and Taylor Interests, who had bought it from L. A. Banks. The orchard house was remodeled and painted white, and the big barn near the Pacific high way was also painted white. An of fice building near the packing shed was remodeled, and painted In the corporation's colors, white with dls tlntlee green trim. To Be Show Place . An Innovation In packing house design is found In the shook shed, In the rear of the main racking plant. This shed will house all box making and labeling activities, and other projects usually confined to the shed proper. Finished boxes will be carried by trams Into the main build ing. With the Intention of making a show place of the ranch, the ground a wlU be terraced, grass will be planted, and landscaping will be Continued on Page Bight.) CUTLER EQUIPMENT IN NEW WAREHOUSE FOR OF Cutler equipment Installed In the new warehouse of Orchard Park Farms, Inc., under the direction of Hubbard -Wray company includes Cutler improved fruit washers and driers, Cutler rotary bin graders and Cutler wave-motion sorting tables. These modern facilities were selected by Walter Leverette in order that hts plant would operate with maximum efficiency and economy. , Pax ton automatic nailing machines and lidding and box-making equip ment will increase the general out put or fruit at the warehouse, said Mr. Loverette. The Cutler washer and driers are constructed without screens or Jets. Fruit is sent through the necessary acid, washed in fresh water and dried with an effective ab sorbent towel drier unit In readiness far th f I tml mark. Cutter graders enable the average packer to Increase his usual output as much as 15 per cent, M, T. Wray stated In discussing the packing plant furnishings. Packers prefer the bin graders be cause they do not have to stop to pull down the fruit and they pack more boxes dally with less fstlgue. These machines handle the tender- est varltlea of apples and pears with out Injury and are one of the finest Improvements made In packing house equipment in a number of years, Mr, Wray said. Actor Raymond Walburn was one of the first American soldiers to reach France during the World War, He served four years with the Ameri can Infantry, was wounded twice. 4 Use Msll Tribune wnnt ads. EHITWl NEW YORK, Aug. 19. iPj AlMll new found fondness for "air-cooled" trousers la helping to keep the wool Industry out of It, usual summer doldrums. A national telegraphic survey by tlx Associated Woolen industries, trad organisation, revealed average sales . of tropical weight worsted suits are, running SO per cent ahead of last ; year. P. B. Todd, director of tho Indus- tries, said "the wool Industry was one of the first to herald the approach of better times. Merchandisers this year ara finding ready sales for woolen products because of the wide diver slty of appeal ranging from evening gowns to red flannels." Clothing takes by far the largest amount of wool produced, consuming $1,600,000,000 of the raw product last year, and Its retail volume Is watch ed closely by the Industry as a gauga of future business. Most recent llgures show men's hab lllmente account for roughly 83 per cent of total apparel class wool con sumption, while women's wesr uses 38 per cent. There are approximately ooo.oou . wool growers In the United states ftiwf together with employe of mills, cut. ting and tailoring establishment!. U Is estimated that close to o.ouo.ooa persons ara dependent upon wool for a livelihood. Martha Rave, 'eccentric jomedl-enne-slnger, played In vaudeville not with Bob Bums, the bazooka hero from Arkansas, several years ago. They met again when they were) teamed In a recent film. i ft t a i 'V- cT--l...--i,..V , . it. -1 u (. 3 . 1 ' kJ.v4....w.w-ir.,,wy m ,v p. . v Better Equipment Spells Added Efficiency! Greater Economy! Increased Out-put! That Is Why The New Warehouse of Orchard Park Farms, Inc. o IS EQUIPPED WITH o No Delay When PAXTON Box Making Equipment la Used! Maximum production calls for NO DELAY In boxes In the modern fruit packing plant . . . That Is why Mr. Leverette has selected PAXTON Automatic Nailing Machines snd PAXTON lidding and bol makln marhlnes for the ORCHARD. PARK FARMS' new warehouse. CUTLER Improved FRUIT WASHERS and DRIERS CUTLER Rotary Bin GRADERS ' CUTLER Wave- Motion SORTING TABLES! Facilities such as CUTLER offers assures fruit packing plant operators fast, effective handling of peak plant loads ... Fruit is washed, dried, graded and sorted to assure v clean, unironn pacKs and a minimum loss 01 time on the part of the entire plant crew . . . Cutler equipment actually PAYS FOR ITSELF In faster, more efficient operation of ft modern packing plant! HUBBARD - WRAY CO. 29 NO. RIVERSIDE Pacific Highway Near Main PHONE 202 Cutler Washers and Dryers With no screens or Jets to elof, the Cutler washer snd Dryer sends fruit throujh the necessary cl4 solution, washes It thoroughly In fresh water, dryi It with a simple, effective, absorbent towel drier unit, preparing It for clean, attractive psck. Cutler Rotary Bin Graders These uraders enable trw average packer to Increase his ont-pnt from 10 to 13, amlJs conrrsllon In the plant and elim inates stem punctures and bruises! t Cutler Wavs Motion Sorting Tables These sorting fables materially speed-up out-put In parking plant and assure more careful and systematic handling of fruit
